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That would be the logistic curve then

I think insulin resistance from excess calorie and carbohydrate consumption has a lot to do with it. One of the symptoms of hyperglycemia is increased hunger, since glucose is stay…

According to the wikipedia article, it was a Russian child that fell while riding a bike and his glasses broke and sent pieces of glass into both eyes. The doctor made radial cuts …

As an aside, methamphetamine is also a prescribed drug in the US, called Desoxyn.

You should be washing your hands immediately after handling raw meat.

He was alive and conscious for the 15 minutes of the attack. He may have screamed about his arm to his girlfriend.

People with alcohol use disorder are many times more likely to commit suicide. Alcohol makes depression worse in the long run, even if someone finds some temporary comfort from a b…

$247,686 over 7 years is around $35,000 per year. After traveling expenses, hotel rooms, and equipment, how much of that is left over?

And now, Minix is sadly abandoned.

It goes even deeper than just English. No descends from the Indo-European negation phoneme *ne. You see similar 'n' sound negative words in pretty much every IE language group. htt…

I've always heard ephedra called Mormon tea.

You literally feel lighter on your feet, like there's a spring in your step when you lose a good amount of weight. Imagine carrying around a 10kg weight with you all day.

How would one distinguish legal traffic from illegal? If encrypted communications were to be allowed, what is stopping people using the amateur bands for commercial use? This is th…

Pharmaceuticals and other manufactured goods are sometimes referred to in 'lots' meaning a batch.

You know a personal license is only $149 USD right? You could then run your old code. Toolkits for home are $49.

When it rains after being dry for some time an oil layer forms on top of the water. This is why he is afraid of skidding. In Southern California, where it is very dry there can be …

Dragon's Well tea sort of reminds me of sweet corn.

I think fennel seeds are considered a spice in culinary terms. The bulb part I think would be a vegetable in culinary terms.

Cucumbers and green beans are fruit. Fruit is a botanical term for the structure that a flower grows into once fertilized. Fruit has seeds.

It still makes sense for things like anthrax that aren't easily communicable. Or botulinum toxin.

Conventional wisdom used to be that a glass of wine or a beer everyday was healthy.

Your coworkers don't have a problem with you being distracted and wearing headphones during a meeting?

Optically, you are limited by angular resolution, so less distance means better resolution on the ground.

It was in Brave New World, and I think originated there. The Feelies are also a jangle-rock band.

Every substation I've ever seen has just a chain link fence. They should at least add some privacy barrier so it's not so easy to aim at equipment.