One Step in the Historical Development of the Concepts of Life and Energy
Isaac Asimov writes, in A Short History of Biology: Since a candle and an animal both produce carbon dioxide and consume oxygen, it seemed reasonable …
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Mental Abilities of Dogs
In “Dogs as Smart as 2-year-old Kids” (Live Science; posted: 08 August 2009 02:00 pm ET), Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer for Live Science, says: The …
Explore the Science of Cooking
The Exploratorium has an “Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking” feature that might have some good information — I have not yet checked it out. The …
How Not to Teach Science — And the Only Antidote
Teresa Bondora, owner of How to Teach Science (HT2S), says: Science is not like math, which is progressive. In math we teach the simple concepts …
Cat Health 2
Due to bad science and poor thinking, cats’ diets are jacked up and anti-cat, just as ours are jacked up and anti-man. Grains and sugars …
Cat Health
In response to the claim she sometimes hears that “My Cat is Doing Just “Fine” on Dry Food!“, Lisa A. Pierson, DVM, says: Every living …
Thermogenesis and Weight Loss
In the introduction to “Postprandial Thermogenesis Is Increased 100% on a High-Protein, Low-Fat Diet versus a High-Carbohydrate, Low-Fat Diet in Healthy, Young Women” (Journal of …
Case Study: How to Analyze and Understand Factual Claims
In his post “ABC’s big meal propadanda,” Dr. Eades dismantles a nutritional Trojan Horse. ABC tries to present us disinformation and ideas that, contrary to …
Adding to That Temperature Thread
I took my temperature last night at 10:30 PM, and got a reading of 98 F with my mercury thermometer (97.8 F with my electronic …
In Thinking, Dig Deep
“A little learning is a dang’rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers …