The BBC reported yesterday that - even if you are not overweight - you should slim down to reduce your risk of cancer.
So says the United Kingdom’s World Cancer Research Fund, whose website carries the tagline “pioneers in cancer prevention.”
The WCRF UK examined 7,000 existing studies over six years to create […]
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Why do some people resist science?
Published August 7th, 2007 in Body & Mind, Human World and Science. 77 CommentsThe photo at left is from the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum - which opened in 2007 in northern Kentucky. Its exhibits depict, for example, dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark. The museum’s motto is “prepare to believe.”
Meanwhile, at a May 3, 2007 political debate, three of the 10 Republican candidates for the 2008 Presidential […]
Altruism may be hard-wired into our brains
Published June 2nd, 2007 in Body & Mind and Human World. 16 CommentsA recent study shed light on why it feels good to give.
The study - led by Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - was designed to discover how and where altruism originates in the brain. It used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to visualize […]