Category Archives: Science

Me and Vitamin D

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Anne

I went to a doctor in August who suggested that I have my Vitamin D level checked.  She seemed fairly confident that my level would be low given my lack of regular sun exposure and my diligence with sunscreen.  While … Continue reading →

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Food, Inc.

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Anne

I want to see this movie.

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Healthcare Rewind

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Anne

I could go on forever about the disaster that is the American health care system. About how our litigious society has made it impossible for doctors to admit mistakes which then fuels discontent and disatisfaction. How litigation drives up malpractice … Continue reading →

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Highs

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Anne

I read this article in Scientific American about a girl with musicophobia: she had seizures in response to music.  And not just any music – only music she liked.  Music she didn’t like (jazz, classical) had no effect.  Partially because … Continue reading →

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Elegant Worms

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Anne

I remember hardly anything about my biology laboratories in college. I know there was a lab with cockroaches that gave me nightmares, and one where we drank a liter of soda and peed in cups for a couple hours, but … Continue reading →

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Tea Tragedy

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Anne

While I don’t drink tea expressly for its health benefits and I’m not overly concerned about my cardiovascular health right now, this news still falls in the category of no good! Milk cancels health benefit of drinking tea: study The … Continue reading →

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tRNA!!!

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Anne

Okay non-biology geeks, so maybe you’ve never gotten excited about anything bio-related before, but if there were ever anything that was gonna get you going it’d be this video. tRNA!!!!! They played this during my first year bio class at … Continue reading →

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Noitulove Guinness?

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Anne

Like this ad? I do. Guinness is really good with hard cider (a Black Velvet). Especially through a straw.

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Wondering about Watering

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Anne

Back when I pretended to run indoor track for about half a season in high school (before I realized that of all the running sports indoor track is by far the worst), someone on the team told me that if … Continue reading →

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The Chemistry of Housework

Posted on September 12, 2005 by Anne

Every routine task or chore that comprises the general collection of “housework” seems, for me at least, to have a rate limiting step. You know, the step that determines the rate at which the whole process can proceed. With the … Continue reading →

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