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I’ve always thought that dancing can help us feel better. But we have to be careful too that we are not surrounded by self-destruction when we go dancing, i.e. things like alcohol, tobacco, or drug abuse which more than nullify any positive effects from dancing. CHICAGO– A dance intervention program improved the self-rated health of…

There was a ghastly news article not long ago about poor dolphins being found which had gruesome injuries inflicted upon them by humans. Buddhism teaches that there are lots of different realms. Most beings, most of the time, are in realms much worse off than the human realm, where there is more suffering. I’m not…

This is something that came up more than once recently while reading about geology. In a few places on Earth there are these areas where millions of years ago massive amounts of igneous rock plumed up from the Earth’s magma. They are called large igneous provinces or LIPs. This is very different than regular land…

  The above computer is a quad-core system that can run Android or Ubuntu. It has built-in wireless and bluetooth, USB port, HDMI video port, and micro SD card slot. Wow. The cost is around $100. Also mentioned in news articles recently: Less powerful CPU than above model but still nice and only $36.

Saw this very fine black laquered writing desk. Unfortunately the scene does not show more detail such as the legs.

Why the hell is Crisco legal??? Ok, yesterday I visited some lady friends of mine and was offered some cookies. My friends did not actually make the cookies, much to their credit. But, every year around this time they get loads of free candies, cookies, and other foods given to them. So yesterday they offered…

About 11 weeks ago my shoulder was injured in an attack in which I was crushed against the street by a large, heavy person. Something happened to the ligaments – the AC ligament and possibly the other ligament which is under the joint. The continual pain I had reminded me over and over of the…

…researchers seeded malignant breast epithelial cells into a 3-D laminin-rich extracellular matrix and used an elastic chamber to apply a compressive force. Over time, the compressed malignant cells grew into more organized, healthy-looking acini that resembled normal structures, even without the addition of exogenous drugs. Excerpt from article “Breast cancer cells growing in 3D-matrix revert…

A really interesting article at bbc.co.uk contrasts the recent selection of top leaders in the United States vs. China, and asks whether in fact China is more together. Think about this: In China the choice for the top leaders happened in a very civilized kind of way. In comparison, in the United States, the process…

Analysis of tooth enamel samples from fossilized teeth of Australopithecus bahrelghazali remains found in what is now Chad indicate that their diet consisted of grasses and grass-like plants called sedges, according to a recently published study. There is a wild grass which I have found growing in many places which produces tasty pods which, when…