Mind is usually considered that part of a person that allows a unified conscious awareness of the world, our bodies, and experiences, including thinking and feeling. Since mind seems to depend upon…

UPDATE: I've learned more about how antioxidants work since writing this post. Maybe this is a sign that I've become cynical, but when I first read that peptides found in squid skin can slow aging,…

The old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.  In this case, a picture is worth millions.  Millions of tons of carbon dioxide that could be saved if we stopped throwing food…

MADISON, Connecticut, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of treating venous stasis ulcers of the lower extremity using the ClariVein(R) catheter were delivered March 13 at the 16th European…

HATFIELD, England, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Child friendly formulation set to aid administration for the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome for patients in Germany Eisai Europe Limited…

ECOLOGY   Humans are the most successful consumer of resources that Earth has produced. Our success has altered our planet. Humanity is currently experiencing limits to further growth. We…

As a society, we Westerners exalt individualism and self-reliance, and yet our biology moves us in other directions. Humans evolved as social animals, and we posses a number of behaviors that…

A randomized controlled trial showed that fear of flying can be cured independently of drug condition after 4 sessions of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET). The study introduced a new treatment…

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has discovered a new type of neutrino oscillation in which the particles appear to vanish as they travel. The rate of oscillations was much larger than many…

It seems obvious that when a culture can eat more than it needs to survive, many people will.. When even the poorest people can afford to be fat, they are happy.Researchers from Rice University and…