Archive for the 'science' Category
Some interesting tidbits while I study for my biochemistry final:
-When your body breaks down carbohydrates for energy, it converts glucose into fructose (and then other things, but that’s one of the first steps of glucose breakdown, aka glycolysis.) So it’s not really true that “your body doesn’t know what to do with fructose!” because when [...]
Oh, also:
“US Death Rates Drop Dramatically”
“As the population grows, experts generally expect the actual number of deaths to go up slightly. This year’s data was a surprise. ‘We’re scratching our heads a bit,’ Miniño confessed.”
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
You Are What You Swallow
Maybe I am a glutton for punishment, but, this afternoon, I couldn’t resist the temptation to watch the show “You Are What You Eat” with Dr. Gillian McKeith.
I didn’t hear a whole lot of information spouted, but the general gist of the show was that she took a woman whose diet consisted almost entirely of [...]
This particular heaven.
So, it struck me while I was in biology class that this was it…this is the closest thing I am going to get to a religion in my life: science.
Allow me to explain.
I don’t think that science is infallible. In fact, it’s rather endearingly human in that it constantly develops and folds [...]