Epipheo

On January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 By A.P.In Communication, Human Behavior, Popular Culture, Technology, The Future, The InternetLeave a comment

Click here to watch one viewpoint on how the Internet is changing advertising:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wx0GfbC0BA

The Dangers of Sitting Too Much

On January 25, 2011January 22, 2011 By A.P.In Exercise, Health, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Even with 60 minutes of aerobic physical exercise per day, sitting is dangerous to our health.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=can-sitting-too-much-kill-you-2011-01-06&WT.mc_id=SA_20110120

Godfather of Fitness Dies at 96

On January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 By A.P.In Exercise, HealthLeave a comment

This morning Jack LaLanne, fitness icon, died at age 96 from pneuomonia. Ahead of his time, he extolled the virtues of strength training and healthy eating long before it was fashionable.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/01/jack-lalanne-urged-good-health-just-before-death/1

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2011/01/24/2011-01-24_jack_lalanne_fitness_icon_dead_at_96.html

Check out some classic Jack Lalanne below…..

Lucy in the Sky

On January 23, 2011January 21, 2011 By A.P.In Space and Time, Wealth and Power1 Comment

BPM 37093, a crystallised white dwarf star 4,000 km across and 50 light years away from Earth, is the largest diamond yet discovered.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm

University of Puerto Rico Riots

On January 22, 2011January 24, 2011 By A.P.In Human Behavior, Violence2 Comments

Students at the University of Puerto Rico are rioting to protest an $800 tuition hike. At the beginning, the Universtiy hired this much-loved professional wrestler from Puerto Rico to assemble a security force. That wasn’t so successful, and now the police are out in full force on the campus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maritza-stanchich-phd/more-violence-in-puerto-r_b_810628.html

The Placebo Response

On January 21, 2011January 20, 2011 By A.P.In Drugs, Human Behavior, Medicine, Neuropsychiatric Disease, Science, The BrainLeave a comment

Originally discovered by an Allied forces Army nurse in WWII, the placebo response continues to mystify physicians, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies alike. Our body’s physiological response to medicine is largely impacted by our interpretation of social cues, anticipation of reward, and our beliefs and expectations. This complex constellation of factors in the mind can yield significant clinical improvement in patients taking nothing more than inert sugar pills. As Steve Silberman describes, “The placebo response doesn’t care if the catalyst for healing is a triumph of pharmacology, a compassionate therapist, or a syringe of salt water. All it requires is a reasonable expectation of getting better. That’s potent medicine.” Interestingly, it also works the other way – the ‘Nocebo Response.’

http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all

Jurrasic Park…….

On January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 By A.P.In DNA, ScienceLeave a comment

We’re trying to bring back the mammoth.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/17/scientists-trying-to-clone-resurrect-extinct-mammoth/?npt=NP1

34,000 Year Old Bacteria Come Back

On January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 By A.P.In Bacteria, DNA, ScienceLeave a comment

Bacteria frozen in time 34,000 years ago subsisted off algae without moving or reproducing. Now, they’re awake and thriving.

http://io9.com/5736128/a-34000-year-old-bacteria-has-come-back-from-the-dead-and-is-breeding

Fake Bus Stop

On January 20, 2011January 21, 2011 By A.P.In Alzheimer's disease, Human Behavior, Medicine, Neuropsychiatric Disease, Science, The BrainLeave a comment

Pioneered at the Benrath Senior Centre in Düsseldorf, some treatment centers are now encouraging Alzheimer’s sufferers to wait at a fake bus stop as part of pioneering treatment for the disease.

http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/mar/23/the-bus-stop/

http://www.fastcompany.com/1598472/uncommon-act-of-design-fake-bus-stop-helps-alzheimers-patients

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2071319/Fake-bus-stop-keeps-Alzheimers-patients-from-wandering-off.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1187774/Alzheimers-sufferers-encouraged-wait-fake-bus-stop-sense-purpose.html