How many times have you heard how important first impressions are? People will tell you when you first meet someone new, the individual decides within the first few minutes of the initial encounter whether or not you are someone he/she would like to: befriend, hire, become lovers with, or avoid...
Any substance, no matter how seemingly benign it may be, can cause damage to an organism. Something as simple as water can be considered toxic as most toxins are dose dependent. Whether whole or in part, toxicity is a huge problem on this planet we all rely on for survival. Though we do our best...
Having beautiful hair is one of the main concerns of fashion conscious men and women today. Everywhere you look, you can see ads and commercials selling all sorts of hair products and treatments that are supposed to give you shiny hair. Keratin hair treatments are among the popular treatments being...
The human liver is a vital and necessary organ for survival. The liver is responsible for a variety of far ranging functions including: metabolism, protein synthesis, biochemical production, hormone production, glycogen storage, digestion, and detoxification. The liver produces bile from a...
Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain. - Leonardo Da Vinci Biomimicry - The practice of developing sustainable human technologies inspired by nature. Sometimes called Biomimetics or Bionics, it's basically biologically inspired...
It was reported at a news conference December 2, 2010 that NASA funded astrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon has isolated a form of life that is capable of using arsenic instead of phosphorus as an elemental building block. These are microbes from the domain Archaea, which have an independent evolutionary...
Fracking is media term applied to a process known as Hydraulic Fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing was first used in the United States in 1947. Fracking (or hydraulic fracturing) is a process that creates fractures in rocks to force natural gas, water, and oil reserves trapped 5,000 to 20,000 feet...
In pharmacology, a tincture is an alcohol-based derivative or extract taken from a fresh herb or any other plant material. Tinctures are often used in alternative medicine or as a dietary supplement. Only few pharmaceutical companies still manufacture medicines in the form of tinctures. But the...
Poland adopts legislation legalizing castration of pedophiles and rapists. In September 2009, Polish officials passed laws allowing authorities to chemically castrate rapists and pedophiles. Prime Minister Donald Tusk proposed the laws after reviewing the increasing number of high...
Intro: While the 2011 earthquake and the worries about Fukushima have brought the threat of radioactivity back into the public consciousness, many people still do not realize that radioactive contamination is a worldwide danger. Radionuclides are in the top six toxic threats as listed in the 2010...
