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June 23, 2008
Category: The Human Body
Nicholas Carr set out to explore how the ubiquity of text on the Internet is affecting our brains, after realizing that his increased Internet use may be affecting his ability to concentrate on reading long, detailed texts. His essay is...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 11:04 AM • 7 Comments •
June 16, 2008
Category: Food Science
The question was asked by a Science To Life reader using the "Make a Request" icon. He asked: I am interested in how bacon impacts the body. Is it filling because it has fat that is useful for delaying hunger...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:50 AM • 4 Comments •
June 10, 2008
Category: Food Science
Clifford S. Mintz Ph.D., author of Bio Job Blog, writes about a study suggesting that artificial sweeteners may cause people to gain rather than lose weight. Like Cliff, I had heard reports of this but never paid much attention....
Posted by Karen Ventii at 8:53 AM • 10 Comments •
June 4, 2008
Category: The science of...
A new study aimed at confirming the region of the brain that is important in detecting sarcasm may open the door for new diagnostic tools in detecting mental illness, according to an article in The New York Times....
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:52 AM • 4 Comments •
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