What does Brain say about alcohol consumption by youths? Read his study, and ponder it on New Year’s Eve. The study is: “Crime and Disorder, Binge Drinking and the Licensing Act 2003,” Kevin Brain, Institute of Alcohol Studies Occasional Paper, January 2000. In it, Kevin Brain says: I… suggest that, currently, young drinkers are caught […]
Month: December 2007
Distant rapid thumb feedback
Today we emailed our editorial board the news that the magazine is now Open Access. Just minutes after we in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) sent the message, this reply arrived from ed board member Dr. Mark Benecke, who was at that moment on a high-speed train somewhere in Germany:
Babies so cute you could eat them
Investigator Wendy Cooper of Canberra writes: This photo was taken on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia on a recent visit. The sign was outside an establishment that you north Americans would call a “diner”
Biochemistry Lesson: The manifold uses of hormones.
Hormones, chemical messengers, play many roles in the body. Researchers are still exploring and discovering new (to the researchers) uses. One such is reported in the October 11 issue of The New York Post: One of the world’s richest and most secretive hedge funds is telling its traders to swallow female hormones to trade better, […]