H/T The Breviary (here). Differences in vitamin D status may account for unexplained disparities in cancer survival rates between African and White Americans Authors: William B. Grant and Alan N. Peiris View affiliations Abstract: Considerable dispa…
The End Of The University As We Know It
by Nathan Harden”In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. The technology driving this change is already at work, and nothing can stop it. The f…
Permanent Blue Eyes In 20 Seconds
If you were not fortunate at birth, like actress Reese Witherspoon (pictured), science just might give you another shot at blue eyes, but caution is advised. Gregg Homer PhD., a Los Angeles area research scientist, is working on a procedure, dubbed Lum…
Romney’s Losing Ground Game Revealed
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity NewsYesterday, I wrote (here) about Obama’s winning ground game. So, it makes sense to look up Mitt R…
Sandy Hook School And Top Ten Myths About Mass Shootings
Reposted From Chronicle of Higher Education (here)… Top 10 Myths About Mass ShootingsDecember 18, 2012, 2:42 pm By James Alan Fox Even before the death toll in last Friday’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn., was determined, politicians, pundits, and…
Blue Eyes, Blacks And Occular Albinism
Photographs of this lad have been making the rounds, with what I believe to be a poor explanation of his blue eyes, on top of all the people who claim that it is a case of blatant photoshopping (forgery). He is from Zimbabwe and the photographer was Va…
Letter to a future Republican strategist regarding white people
The Following post in italics is from Eric Garland (here): To whom it may concern regarding the United States federal elections of 2014, 2016 and beyond: Allow me to introduce myself to you, the existing (or aspiring!) strategist for the Republican Pa…
What About Lance Armstrong?
This is the same look that Bill Clinton gave America when it was clear that Monica Lewinsky repeatedly polished his chrome in the White House. Lance wasn’t just a doper – he was the Al Capone of dopers. In fact, all past, present, and future dopers wil…
Lance Armstrong: Fallen Hero
I’m a serious cyclist, so more than a few people have asked me my feelings about, the now ‘officially fallen’, Mr. Lance Armstrong.I must preface my thoughts by saying that I have always had a soft spot for Lance. I became a serious cyclist over twenty…