Not to go on All-Fours; that is the Law. Are we not men? |
UK scientists planning to mix human and animal cells in order to research cures for degenerative diseases fear their work will be halted. They accuse the body that grants licences for embryo research,...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:47:00 PST |
The Forces of Flight |
There are, basically, four forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust and weight. Lift force pulls upward, opposite to the weight. Thrust pushes the plane forward, as drag slows it down. The lift force must...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:57:00 PST |
Fluoxetine Hydrochloride |
Drs. Molloy, Fuller and Wong are honored for their contributions in developing the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac). Each year, more than 12 million Americans are clinically depressed, often u...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:18:00 PST |
The Depressive Phase |
Bipolar Disorder is a diagnosis in psychiatry referring to mania (or hypomania or mixed states) alternating with clinical depression (or depressed or euthymic mood) over a significant period of time. ...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:17:00 PST |
STD may be to blame for lions' blindness |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Researchers are trying to determine whether a sexually transmitted disease might have caused the blindness found in at least two mountain lions in the Black Hills.
Steve Griffin, a...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST |
Eucharist and the taste of stars |
Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. It is named after the Champagne region of France. While the term "champagne" has ...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST |
Black Hole |
A black hole is an object predicted by general relativity with a gravitational field so powerful that even electromagnetic radiation cannot escape its pull.
A black hole is defined to be a region of s...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST |
xxvii |
It has now been 27 weeks since I have had a cigarette. I no longer have the urge for one but there have been times when the stress boils over and my mind drifts back to the false calming effects of co...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:51:00 PST |
Public Humiliation |
Public humiliation was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method of co...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:34:00 PST |
Tapetum Lucidum |
The tapetum lucidum is a reflecting layer immediately behind, and sometimes within, the retina of the eye of many vertebrates (though not humans); it serves to reflect light back to the retina, increa...
Posted by Dr. Grimoire on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:07:00 PST |
