Eat More Meat, Be Less Aggressive

Eat More Meat, Be Less Aggressive

Know why vegetarians are so angry?  They don't eat meat, it seems.  So this Thanksgiving, grab the turkey leg and tear off a hunk of flesh with your teeth and rationalize that evolutionary…
Nickel-based Electrodes: The Battery Evolves

Nickel-based Electrodes: The Battery Evolves

Continuing my series on the history of batteries, we now more on to batteries with nickel-based electrodes. 1899 saw the development of the nickel-cadmium battery by Waldemar Jungner. He also…
Scientists turn human skin into blood

Scientists turn human skin into blood

Scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin.  The discovery could mean that people needing blood for surgery, cancer treatment or treatment of…
Is HDL Really So “Good”?

Is HDL Really So “Good”?

In 2006, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer released a state of the art clinical study of a new drug designed to treat high cholesterol, torcetrapid. The results were puzzling. The compound lowered low…
Microwave Synthesis And Ramen Noodles

Microwave Synthesis And Ramen Noodles

Microwaves are a low frequency light, at least compared to visible light, say, or ionizing radiation like gamma rays. Thus, microwaves are quite harmless. A microwave oven baths the food in an…