An oft-quoted statistic in the field of biogerontology, the study of aging, is that slowing down the aging process would amount to a greater gain in lifespan than curing cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes today.
In science, there is often a predilection toward conceptualizing cognitive events in a discrete, measurable fashion.
It is not controversial to state that smoking tobacco is a serious health risk with long-term consequences for an individual's health.
Scientific creativity is now an oxymoron. Wonder is systematically driven from the minds of students in favor of rote memorization and blind adherence to dogma.
The vernacular of the medical doctor is rife with words of conflict. Diseases are incursions by alien forces which must be fought off and destroyed by the benevolent immune system.
There will be no statistics in this article. There will be no suggestive statements or propaganda intending to downplay the level of alcohol consumption by college students.
Throughout nature, there is clear precedent for the importance of certain physical characteristics in preferential mating.
Whether it is one general ability "g" or a variety of context-dependent intelligences, the nature of intelligence has been an elusive concept to clearly define.
There is a disturbing trend in biological research toward not just correcting disorders, but attempting to enhance certain human characteristics that are perceived as advantageous.
Although there has been much political strife over the concept of global warming and the greenhouse effect, the scientific community often is portrayed as divided when in actuality, there is a great degree of consensus.
