‘What have white people ever done for us?’ – BBC News
Social media users make racially-charged hashtags trend highlighting divisions within US society. Source: ‘What have white people ever done for us?’ – BBC News
Daily Archives: July 21, 2016
The L.E.D. Quandary: Why There’s No Such Thing as “Built to Last” – The New Yorker
The thousand-hour life span of the modern incandescent dates to 1924, when representatives from the world’s largest lighting companies—including such familiar names as Philips, Osram, and General Electric (which took over Shelby Electric circa 1912)—met in Switzerland to form Phoebus, arguably the first cartel with global reach. The bulbs’ life spans had by then increased… Read More »
Methylene blue Boosts Brain’s Memory Centers
The “beauty” of methylene blue is that side effects are “minimal” at low doses. He cautioned, however, that if the drug were to become widely used, new safety issues could crop up. The findings were published online June 28 in the journal Radiology. Source: Old Drug Boosts Brain’s Memory Centers | Health Care | US… Read More »
Updated Brain Map Identifies Nearly 100 New Regions – The New York Times
A new map based on brain scan data collected by the Human Connectome Project. The data revealed 180 new regions. Credit Matthew F. Glasser, David C. Van Essen The brain looks like a featureless expanse of folds and bulges, but it’s actually carved up into invisible territories. Each is specialized: Some groups of neurons become… Read More »
Minnesota Priest’s Memo Says Vatican Ambassador Tried to Stifle Sex Abuse Inquiry – The New York Times
The Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States quashed an independent investigation in 2014 into sexual and possible criminal misconduct by Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis and ordered church officials to destroy a letter they wrote to him protesting the decision, according to a memo made public on Wednesday. The detailed… Read More »
Police in Fla. shoot caretaker next to autistic man playing in street – CBS News
Authorities say a Florida police officer shot and wounded an autistic man’s caretaker following reports of a man threatening to shoot himself Source: Police in Fla. shoot caretaker next to autistic man playing in street – CBS News
Visiting physician sheds new light on Lyme disease – Martha’s Vineyard Times
“The conception that the tick has to be attached for 48 hours to inject the bacteria is completely outdated,” she said. “There are studies that show that an attachment of 15 minutes can give you anaplasmosis,10 minutes for the Powassan virus, and for the different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, we have no idea.” Dr. Nevena… Read More »
The Immune System Controls Social Interactions!
Shocking New Role Found for the Immune System: Controlling Social Interactions July 13, 2016 Josh Barney, jdb9a@virginia.edu In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects – and even controls – creatures’ social behavior, such as… Read More »
Toxic shock? Perfume Illness?
A lot of things caused Susie pain: scented products, pesticides, plastic, synthetic fabrics, smoke, electronic radiation – the list went on. Back in “the regular world”, car exhaust made her feel sick for days. Perfume gave her seizures. Then she uprooted to Snowflake, Arizona. “I got out of the car and didn’t need my oxygen… Read More »