Remember when we considered what the elite school, the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, was planning to do? (You do recall this is often considered the #1 high school in the US- and that it fails to attract significant numbers of Black and Hispanic students. Which is exactly why changes to the admission system are being proposed.)
Continue reading Is the lottery dead?
So, Monday, we spoke how younger Americans are clueless about the Holocaust. And, I said that was one of the reasons why Anti-Semitism is on the rise. The other reason is our president, TheDonald. (I wrote about this most recently last year.)
Continue reading Aiding and Abetting
Now we know there is a link between our gut and Alzheimer’s disease, as we saw in yesterday’s post.
Continue reading A Blood Test?
Just like Parkinson’s Disease may originate in the gut, another brain disorder may find its genesis there. Alzheimer’s.
Continue reading Gut-Brain Connection
Oh, good!
We can kill another maxim that has not a drop of scientific proof behind it.
The first one we killed was the 10,000 hours of practice to make one an expert. While Malcolm Gladwell can tell you a good story, he plays fast and loose with his facts. I hit the roof when my son told me about this rule because it made zero sense to me.
Continue reading Another 10000 Myth Busted!
This is just one study. And, a preliminary one. But…
A little background. I have often spent two or three days in a row working out the kinks in a design. Read that statement more correctly as 48 to 70 hours non-stop. No sleep.
Continue reading Pulling an Allnighter Just Got a Little More Complicated
One of the functions of a “good night’s sleep” is that our brain becomes ready to handle what we throw at it the next day.
Continue reading The Wave Sweeps Clean
I have written many times about this. (Here’s one of my first hints.) And, many folks looked askance or made negative comments. But, for those who know me, that didn’t mean I would back down on my scientific hunch. Now, there’s data to substantiate what I felt in my bones.
Continue reading Related Syndromes
So, there’s a new theory being proposed for Parkinson’s. One that seems to fit the pieces pretty nicely.
Continue reading Waste Handling
This is the second post in a mini-series about blood. The first post is found here; the series was interrupted because of the Jewish holidays.
Continue reading It’s in the blood?