Homely Scientist

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Maybe it isn’t as easy as I make it out to be, but in honour of today’s SciHealth Theme day, which is being Green, here are some of the easiest ways to be Green(er):

Recycle
Use compact florescent bulbs
Turn off lights (even ones with CF bulbs) when not in use
Unplug cell phones, etc when they are done charging (they are still drawing current)
Use low-flow shower heads and sink aerators
Turn down your water heater
Change the oil in your car
Keep your tires inflated (yep this really does help to save fuel)
Walk/Bike more – drive less
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June is Men’s Health Month (it’s Father’s Day soon after all) and our theme is, well men’s health.  Here’s the problem with men and men’s health.  We take it for granted and often rather ignore things that are wrong with us.  I am not an exception to this rule, but I do try.
Here’s what we, as men, need to remember–people love us and want us to be around.  We need to make sure we get our exams as we get older (I’ve got a few I’ve been putting off).  We need to not ignore stuff like pain and such.
Don’t make …read more

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May is Mental Health Month and today (technically it isn’t theme day yet, but it’s close enough) is Sci-Health Theme Day–so you can see where this is going.
Regular readers know that I suffer from depression and have for many years.  I do take medication for it so it’s well controlled at the moment.  I’m also a touch (no, not touched) ADD … it explains a lot doesn’t it.  Regardless I was really loathe to talk about me for this theme day, so I wracked my brain for a bit and then remembered one of my favourite movies (and since the …read more

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Channel Theme Day again.  Pity, you see that the theme is an issue that is threatening the world.  I wrote about antibiotic resistance last week, which is a pretty big deal.  So I was stumped about what to write about.  Sure we have all the usual suspects.  Global Warming, malaria, HIV, war…then hit me.  We, humans and our human arrogance, is our biggest problem.
Okay this is pretty harsh isn’t it, but consider what we have wrought upon ourselves.  The question is, then, can we overcome our own self-destructive tendencies?  Can we tap into one of our other human traits, hope?
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For this first pass, this is going to be more of a speed linking theme day post than deep, sage thoughts.  I promise I’m going to be more sage (with a little more thyme later) tonight.
 
In no particular order (okay it’s right to left in my IE7 tabs) …
Lively Women covers something that you don’t think about until it’s too late.  Who has the legal right to make decisions for you in an emergency?  Very important.  Usually a spouse can do this by default, but what if you live with a girlfriend or boyfriend?  Get the paperwork done!
Breastfeeding 1-2-3 talks …read more

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It’s another channel theme day here in the old SciHealth Channel.  Since it’s February the theme is, you guessed it, love.
I was thinking about looking into the biochemistry of love.  Then there is always chocolate.  Lots of good science there.  Yeah I know chocolate doesn’t have all the magic properties we once thought (hey I still feel better after a nice KitKat), although dark chocolate is now considered to be teaming with antioxidants.  Really though, as un scientific as this sounds, there are some things that should remain a little mysterious.
Attraction.  You can talk about like seeking like and pheromones, …read more

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It wouldn’t be early in the month if there wasn’t a SciHealth Theme day now would it?  January is no different.  Yeah a little later in the month than usual, but I think we can be allowed a little break.  Regardless, our theme this month is looking back at 2006 (best posts, summary, whatever).  Angela at Breastfeeding 1-2-3 is hosting this shin dig this month, lots of my fellow SciHealth bloggers already have their posts up.  Since I like to blog in the moment, and my little battle (losing) with insomnia has me up late and sleeping in a bit, …read more

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Science and food.  Food science.  Science food.  There are so many things I could write about.  We’ve got the science of making beer, wine, and spirits (the science and study of the origins of beers is very interesting).  Then there is stuff like what happens to a turkey when you brine it (that’s a salt, sugar, water mixture that the bird is immersed in).  But what I really want to talk about is bread.  Specifically pizza.  I’ve been making pizza from scratch for as long as I can remember (yes, even as a kid).  Hey I even did the opening …read more

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If it’s the first Thursday of the month you can bet it’s channel theme day here on SciHealth.  LivelyWomen is hosting the round up today (just how do you round up bloggers … worse than herding cats, IMHO) … I think I’m in a less than pithy mood today (which I will explain in another post), but let’s have at it with the mission statement.
Mission: Make science fun, interesting, and accessible to to everyone.  Answer your questions with respect and real information.
That’s it.  I thought it as I wrote it.  I’m not a huge fan of missions statements, too much …read more

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It’s the 7th of the month so it must but channel theme day here on Sci-Health..  Our uber-blogger Christina has the list up already.  Now being the only Sci-Health blogging who lives on the West Coast and didn’t write their post ahead of time, I’m a little behind.  I did start this last night.  I got three down before my brain called it quits. … in no particular order (read: this is the order they came out of my head), The Top 10 Things I love about science:

The world is an amazing place
Ockham’s Razor is usually true
Rocks are cool (thanks …read more

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