58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school. 42% of college graduates never read another book after college. 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year. 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years. 57% of new books [...]
Wild vs Lab Rodent Comparison Supports Hygiene Hypothesis For those of you who don’t know, the hygiene hypothesis is the claim that autoimmune diseases and allergies and other immune problems are caused b/c people in more clean environments lack exposure to the “real world.” This study shows that lab mice, the ones in those sterile [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2526079.stm Something interesting (and somewhat shocking) I discovered about China: Suicide is now the biggest single killer among young Chinese people Every year more than a quarter ofa million people in China are taking their own lives Unlike almost everywhere else in the world, more women than men commit suicide Suicide now accounts for a [...]
I think this is a great piece on how not being smart with your own money supply can cause untold pain and suffering not only to the people that you’ve just seignoraged into poverty, but to yourself — when said people revolt and break away and turn you over to NATO forces. I’ve also underlined, [...]
I think Mankiw (who writes an awesome blog by the way) captures what I think is most key about good leaders (and for those of you with rough parents, pay especial attention)… and why Larry Summers is a good thing for Harvard: Leadership Change at HarvardConsider this description of a great, visionary leader: [He] is [...]
Wow.. a little scary…Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:11 AM IST LONDON (Reuters) – People should not use mobile phones outdoors during thunderstorms because of the risk of being struck by lightning, doctors said on Friday. They reported the case of a 15-year-old girl who was using her [...]
Idaho Girl Becomes Superhero for a Day BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Most days, 6-year-old Aubrey Matthews spends her energy fighting a brain tumor growing behind her eyes. But the first-grader managed to foil crimes and chase an arch-nemesis through Boise on Friday, serving the city as the superhero “Star” with assistance from the Make-A-Wish Foundation [...]
Stolen from Jane (who failed): You Passed the US Citizenship Test Congratulations – you got 8 out of 10 correct! Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test? Sadly, I’m quite sure the majority of Americans, espeically those who are anti-immigrant, probably could not pass this test. It doesn’t mean that what they’re advocating necessarily has [...]
In case anyone’s interested, my article on Avian Flu (which I have to admit is very long) for NextGenMD is up! I got a chance to talk with Dr. Frederick Hayden (professor of clinical virology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine) and Dr. Michael T. Osterholm (director of the Center for Infectious Disease [...]
suffice to say, I consider this to be very interesting and somewhat close to the truth. Conquering Cancer with Private Medicineby Michael D. Tanner Few things in life are as terrifying as a diagnosis of cancer. But for millions in the United States, the news just got a little bit better. Death rates for those [...]