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Broccoli Could Reverse The Heart Damaging Effects Of DiabetesAn article in ScienceDaily for August 26, 2008 discussed a link between heart damage and broccoli.Professor Paul Thornalley and his team from the University of Warwick have found a broccoli compound called Sulforaphane. This compound can encourage the body to produce more enzymes to protect the vessels, as well as reduce high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage.Exploring The Function Of SleepScienceDaily for Augusty... [read more]

The Church has announced a new manual for Primary nursery classes titled Behold Your Little Ones. In addition, this manual has been designed to be a great resource to help parents teach basic gospel doctrines to small children. Each lesson contains activities that help children HEAR, SEE, SING, DO a physical activity, andVERBALIZE the doctrine of [...]

Crowdsourcing is an innovative business trend that takes collaborative work to a whole new level. Around the world, individuals are using online communities to identify people with similar experiences or interests who can share ideas, offer their expertise, and collectively accomplish work. A lot of people have never heard of crowdsourcing. But if you’ve ever edited [...]

Just a quick note to let you know that there is a new science and religion online magazine: Science & Religion Today. This is the Internet incarnation of what was once one of my favorite periodicals: Science & Theology News, which folded in 2006. Looks to be an exciting development.

I love urban myths. Here’s a doozy. Volcanoes put out more C02 than humans. In fact, I even heard one that said, Volcanoes put out more C02 in a day than humans do in a year. Well, just in case you check the paper every morning to look at current eruptions to decide whether you’ll [...]

Broccoli Could Reverse The Heart Damaging Effects Of DiabetesAn article in ScienceDaily for August 26, 2008 discussed a link between heart damage and broccoli.Professor Paul Thornalley and his team from the University of Warwick have found a broccoli compound called Sulforaphane. This compound can encourage the body to produce more enzymes to protect the vessels, as well as reduce high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage.Exploring The Function Of SleepScienceDaily for Augusty... [read more]

The internet is full of a veritable flood of information and it can be a lot to wade through. I thought I would take an occasion or two to share some of the blogs I’ve found that really keep me going back for more, which are featured on my sidebar, starting with the more outstanding (IMHO) [...]

My initial thoughts on the paper were here. I want to delve into the arguments here. I think I finally really get Davidson after this paper and the next one (”What Is Present to the Mind?”). I was rereading this one again and suddenly, click, a lot came together. Basically it [...]

Broccoli Could Reverse The Heart Damaging Effects Of DiabetesAn article in ScienceDaily for August 26, 2008 discussed a link between heart damage and broccoli.Professor Paul Thornalley and his team from the University of Warwick have found a broccoli compound called Sulforaphane. This compound can encourage the body to produce more enzymes to protect the vessels, as well as reduce high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage.Exploring The Function Of SleepScienceDaily for Augusty... [read more]

A Trained Eye Finally Solved the Anthrax PuzzleThe New York Times has a nice article on the scientific end of the anthrax investigation. After missing them using standard methods, scientists found that the spores used in the attacks contained several low-frequency mutants that were matched to Ivins' flask. Since Ivins was only one of a number of people with access to the flask, the science ends there. More interesting to me was that the FBI divided up the work to keep the assisting labs in the d... [read more]