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Future Success Depends on past Lessons
One thing I’ve learnt during my career in software development is that if you want to…
How fast can you react?
t’s all well and good being fit enough to last a match or fast enough to…
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Cholesterol improves memory and learning
Well, here’s something new to me: The idea that cholesterol is important in brain function. I’m…
Is it exercise or vitamin d that helps fight cancer?
I’ve just been reading a fascinating article at http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-fat-soluble-vitamin-musing.html which in part makes a case for low levels…
Engineering and evolution
Wow, I’ve just finished watching this presentation by Robert Full to TED. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution.html This is a…
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Can you reverse insulin resistance
I read an article Insulin resistance and pre diabetes and just had to report the findings…
biology | cells | metabolism | science
Bacteria and Cells are the Biological equivalent of a car the size of a pin head
I’ve been meaning to add a post up here that talks about bacteria and cells. I…
biology | cells | diabetes | insulin resistance | obesity | pre-diabetes | weight loss
The Molecular Basis of Insulin Resistance
In answering a forum post on insulin sensitivity I found these articles. They are pretty heavy…
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Is it possible to keep evolving without sex?
In a previous post I put forth the idea that viruses or other organisms that have…
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What factors make us kick the bucket?
I hear so much about what risk factors there are to make us die sooner and…
A different view on cholesterol
I bet you think the debate about cholesterol and its damaging effect on health is settled….
How much can we remember at once?
When I studied memory during A level psychology I was fascinated by what we know about…
Can viruses do good?
OK, here’s another idea. I feel like putting it out there to see if it stimulates…
DNA as software: DNA is binary just like the base language in computers
Ok, heres’s another thing that amazed me when I found it out. I probably learnt it…
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What’s a stroke like and what can it teach us
Thankfully I haven’t had a stroke but this amazing video from ted.com gives an insight from…
brain | mind | Psychology | steps | Strategy
How does the brain work
Just felt like sharing this amazing video from Jeff Hawkins titled “How brain science will change…
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How I think we learn: movements and other things
To give you a quick insight into my view on the biology and psychology of learning…
A possible explanation for DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)
It occurred to me just recently that I had a possible explanation for the muscle DOMS…
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