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A diet high in vegetables will raise your potassium intake and cut your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke. It'll probably reduce your risk of dementia too....
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Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens proposes to use wind power to replace natural gas for electric generation and then use the natural gas to replace oil in cars. A...
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The poorer folks in New Hampshire are worrying over how they'll keep warm in the next winter. Modest proposal: move to dwellings which cost less to heat. With the average...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Aged immune systems hobble the ability of old people to fight off tuberculosis (TB). These aged immune systems also explain higher rates of death of old people from the flu...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Rhesus monkeys that are more prone to anxiety have more activity in the amygdala part of the brain even when in a secure situation. We all know people who are...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The latest International Energy Agency Medium-Term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) has an important change from previous reports: The IEA has increased their projected rate of production decline from existing oil...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, reduces decay in middle aged (1 year old) mice and, depending on the diet, extends life expectancy. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 3, 2008 --...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Jonathan Rauch has written an article for The Atlantic about the development of GM's Chevy Volt pluggable hybrid entitled Electro-Shock Therapy. In the article he talks to GM electrical engineer...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
A chip can measure tumor cell blood concentrations and detect drug resistance mutations for circulating cancer cells. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have shown that an MGH-developed, microchip-based device that...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Asteroids are like cancer. Early detection is the key to effective treatment. An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. A big enough asteroid could wipe out humanity if we do not...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
For most of the post-WWII era US oil consumption went up year after year. One deviation from that came in the early 1980s. An even longer lasting and probably permanent...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Some people are tempted to use Ritalin (Methylphenidate) in order to boost their cognitive performance. But will it burn out your brain the way methamphetamine can? Ritalin does not appear...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Some people who can't afford gasoline for commutes by car are shifting to motorcycles. "As soon as [gas] hit about $3.50, it was no longer really affordable," said Watson, 27,...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Some trees naturally stay submerged for thousands of years tying up carbon that would otherwise return to the atmosphere. COLUMBIA, Mo. —The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the...
FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Need a vagal nerve blocking device to help you lose weight? ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a...
