Whose Reality is This?

Discovering as an older adult that you are Asperger's: You feel fine most of the time. But you don't know if that's because you...

“The origins of the obesity epidemic may be further back than we thought” A recently published paper concluded that the rise of obesity bega...

A fantastic genome study of 2000 canids tells a 'story' of selective dog breeding over time and space.  "Incorporating 20 × da...

I know I'm not alone in this. So many ghosts linger in the void who didn't know, didn't have a word for it. They, we, were stran...

 "The secret always finds its way out, if not in words, then somatically, and most often in a way that it can be dealt with and helped ...

  What do you complain about the most? Noise, the unpleasant energy sound waves that reach my ears, disrupt the waves in my brain leading to...

To fully understand evolution, and life itself, one must be able to grasp quantum theory (quantum mechanics is mostly mathematical equations...

It's unnerving, and rather irritating, when someone you reconnect with after 4+ decades tries to pin you to a point on a linear time sca...

While reading this post about Virginia Woolf ,  I was reminded of an internal and eternal dialogue pondering the question of how we perceive...

Peeve: When the scientific community can't agree on a definition consensus for a term, such as 'muscle memory'.  Muscles don...

Modern biotechnology is wonderful. It reveals wonders that we can't see without it. It tells us more about ourselves and about each othe...

Like most Americans I'm a 'mutt': a combination of different nationalities, rather than one identifiable national identity. Mayb...

 "Little brainiacs and big dummies: Are we selecting for stupid, stout, or small dogs?" Intriguing study . The title is catchy, so...

I'm bored with spinning, TV and reading my books. It's cold and raining outside. So I'm reading a few papers on how phosphates e...

 What caffeine does to the brain.  This question has popped up in short ‘vacant spaces’ (periods of quiet without other junk thoughts) the p...

Bats harbor many viruses and are a source of old and new emergent viral diseases in humans. Why?  Two papers review the unique bat immunolog...

That was my answer when a friend asked me how I was. First, I looked at her and asked myself, ‘Should I show my fake smile and lie like a ro...

The link leads to an interesting article by a biology scientist. I especially appreciate his discussion of models for obesity. However, he...

“Many crucial issues need to be handled globally, and involve long-term planning. In contrast, the governmental focus is on the short-term a...