It turns out that zapping saltwater with low-voltage electricity creates a
couple of powerful, nontoxic cleaning agents. Sodium ions are converted into
sodium hydroxide, an alkaline liquid that cleans and degreases like detergent,
but without the scrubbing bubbles. Chloride ions become hypochlorous acid, a
potent disinfectant known as acid water. …
The power of the acupuncture technique is that rare or limiting specimens can be
examined for expression levels without harming them so they can be used for
other studies such as DNA or protein analysis. …
Dr. Kennedy’s Vocabulary Course for 3/14/2009
Recent research by Sergio Luiz de Souza Vieira shows that Maculele is an
indigenous manifestation, a ritual to express homosexuality among the natives,
not a fight. …
The aim of each stick fighter was to deliver a blow that would hit the opponent
on the body – any part above the waist – hard enough to fell him to the ground.
Blows were usually aimed at the head and damage to the skull was a very common
occurrence in stick fighting. …
A practicing Buddhist monk knows more about the nature of reality than a
conventional subatomic physicist, and he didn’t have to spend ten billion
dollars in order to catch a glimpse of enlightenment. …
The theory that solar ultraviolet radiation — and by extension, vitamin D,
which is produced when such radiation strikes your skin — is a potent cancer
fighter satisfies most, if not all, of the criteria. From a scientific point of
view, therefore, vitamin D reduces the risk of many forms of cancer and
increases survival rates once cancer reaches a detectable stage.
…
Supplement users also tend to place an emphasis on health as a priority in their
own personal lives, as reflected in their day-to-day habits when it comes to
maintaining overall wellness. …
Yes, indeed,
the agents of quackery have taken over the Skeptical Science community.
They’ve never met an FDA-approved pharmaceutical they didn’t like, nor
a natural health modality they didn’t hate. They believe vaccines are
perfectly safe, but feeding a child a multivitamin is dangerous. …
if we have the vision to believe
and invest in things unseen,” said Obama, “then we can lead the world
into a new future of peace and prosperity.” …