By “more jolly” I mean “less likely to punch their own ticket to that big chow line in the sky”
A total of 131 men died from suicide during follow-up. A higher BMI was related to a graded decline in the suicide mortality rate, from 52 per 100 000 person-years among men with a BMI of […]

I think that all through college I was afflicted with a disorder called Delayed sleep phase syndrome!
patients can sleep well, and have a normal need for sleep. Therefore, they find it very difficult to wake up in time for a typical school or work day if they have only slept for a few hours. However, […]

Well we’ve run the necessary tests in the cursed jar of peanut butter that we had in the office.
The result is Negative for Salmonella. This means that we didn’t find any. Hardly a surprise considering people had safely eaten from the jar before the outbreak had made the news (well, not literally from the jar. […]

I was pointed (by digg, of course) to the website for a new soft drink called Celsius. The makers of the drink claim that it raises your metabolism for a period of time resulting increased calorie burn during that time. I popped over to their FAQ to see how they account for this and I […]

Some of you have probably heard about this Salmonella outbreak that was linked to peanut butter. In short, if you have a jar of Peter Pan Peanut Butter with a stamped code (on the lid) starting with the number “2111″ you should throw it away. I suspect that they’ll implicate the packaging in the end […]

1. The Expiration Date on a Carton of Milk - Do you dump out the remaining milk in a carton once it has reached its printed-on expiration date? If you said “yes” you’ve probably wasted a lot of milk in your life. This date is basically printed on there for the stores to cover their […]

This is a summary of how these things usually go.
The technician arrives at his desk at 9am having been told during the previous work day (so, friday in this case) that an experiment for a military-funded project would be conducted this week. Someone in another state with no access to the technician’s schedule made this […]

I always thought that this would be a really neat thing to have out on my patio during the summer months. I’m not sure how well it would work in the humid air of the midwest but since I don’t have a yard, deck, patio, porch, or even a gazebo it’s really a moot point.
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This week’s entry includes some commentary…
North Sentinel Island: This island can be found in the Bay of Bengal and is officially ruled by India. This island is home to a group of people known as the Sentinelese. Their exact population is unknown but it is estimated to be in the range of 50 to […]