Category: Mind, Body & Health
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Nine year old Ashley has had an hysterectomy, her breast buds have been removed to prevent them from growing into their womanly size, she has been treated with massive doses of estrogen to prevent normal growth spurt – all medical procedures performed at the behest of her parents. They want Ashley to remain petite –…
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Two stories from the Scientific American about the human mind – one on how to exercise the aging mind and the other sheds some light on how our mood influences our creativity and focus. "Use it or lose it" is more than a cliche. Cognitive decline is a universal and inevitable outcome of aging. But…
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Or the iguana, the civet cat, the monkey or the chinchilla? Pet ownership in affluent societies now goes far beyond Fido, the canine and Fluffy, the feline. Too far, may be. Exotic animals as household pets is a relatively new practice in normal households. The ever increasing demand for rare animals is fueled by celebrity…
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Religion may have been reinventing the wheel all this while (and causing traffic fatalities in the process). It appears that we are hard wired from birth to know right from wrong. "Who doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong? Yet that essential knowledge, generally assumed to come from parental teaching or religious or legal…
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The Washington Post notes George Bush’s increased tendency to use the word "unacceptable" in describing events at home and abroad. It is seen as an indication of the rise in his frustration level and the decrease in his influence around the world. The behavior of corrupt House members of the GOP has scandalized the nation.…
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Before genetic fingerprinting became a common forensic tool, our real "fingerprints" were about as close as we came to establishing a unique identity. In the past hundred years or so since this peculiar individual trait was discovered, fingerprints have played a vital role in criminal investigation and in establishing identity. Up until now, the fingerprints…
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More and more men and women, especially those in the educated middle class, are having children later in life – by choice and by necessity. Modern women now face similar educational and career pressures as their male counterparts. They marry and start families later than their mothers and grandmothers did. Older women are more likely…
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Remember when in its zeal to catch domestic terrorists, George Bush and Tom Ridge’s incompetent but draconian Homeland Security Department had toyed with the idea of enlisting the mailman, the UPS delivery person and the gas meter reader to spy on US citizens and report suspicious activity? Fortunately, that ridiculously intrusive plan for "friendly, neighborhood…
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… Is through his stomach." Apparently this age old adage may have more to it than just a gastronomical angle. Men, it seems are attracted to women of differeng body shapes depending on how hungry they are. Satiated men with full stomachs find slender women appealing. Hungry men on the other hand, are attracted to…
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