Something You Should Know about Science


Effective Ways To Relieve Stress

October 14, 2009

 

Interview with Dr. Frank Lawlis, author of the book Retraining the Brain: A 45-Day Plan to Conquer Stress and Anxiety

 

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Mike Carruthers:

Feeling a little stressed out? Try eating some strawberries.

 

Dr. Frank Lawlis:

Especially if you eat the strawberries with the stems. That package of the leaves and the stems creates an enormous kind of stress relief.


Dr Frank Lawlis

 

Don't Get Struck By Lightning

July 8, 2009

Interview with John S. Friedman, author of Out of the Blue: A History of Lightning: Science, Superstition, and Amazing Stories of Survival
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Mike Carruthers:
Your chances of being struck by lightning this year are one in seven hundred and fifty thousand.

 

John S. Friedman:
Height is very important; if you're the highest object in an area it's likely that you're going to be struck.
 

John S. Friedman

 

Interesting Facts About Body Parts

 July 31, 2009

Interview with Michael Sims author of Adam's Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form
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Mike Carruthers:
Being left or right-handed is something you probably think of as being quite human. But apparently not.

 

Michael Sims:
The technical term is "chirality," and it's the way that there is either a right or left bias in so much of nature, even down to the molecular level.


Michael Sims

 

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