The inability of the pancreas to produce insulin is classified as type 1 diabetes and usually occurs in children and young adults. This is the result of destruction of cells in the pancreas that produ...

However, I decided to rush to my neighbor Jim who I believe had a home phone connection. I rushed up the driveway of Jim's house, tripping and skidding my way through to his front door and started ban...

Unlike the common chimpanzee and other primates that have common facial features, the bonobo has another trait that could make us really wonder if we did evolve from them, after all. This feature is ...

Being our own motivational Gurus can be quite tricky and needs a lot of introspection and deep self psychological analysis. We need to understand that a behavioral pattern has got to have a psychologi...

The only reason why they do not suffer dehydration is the oval shape of their red blood cells ensures smooth flow even after dehydration sets in due to lack of water. The cells are conditioned to rema...

Just as the muscle needs strength, elasticity and resistance, in order to hold on to the tension required to produce force, the mind also needs to experience a resistance-less state of being. The brea...

In order to have a luxuriant growth of hair on one's head, the scalp needs to be in perfect condition. A fertile ground will yield a good harvest. The scalp needs to be cleaned regularly and brushed t...

The entire world consumes around 87 million barrels of oil per day with the United States topping the list; we burn up almost 18 to 19 million barrels per day. This is followed by the European Union, ...

A very common allergy is hay fever which is an allergic inflammation of the nasal passage. The cause could be an allergen like pollen, dust or even animal hair in small particles in the air. The term ...

The number of ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle was not greater than those that went missing in other parts of the ocean. The disappearances themselves were not surprising, given the are...

In the normal course, muscular contractions force food from the stomach to the intestines in peristaltic waves during the process of digestion. These contractions are controlled by the vagus nerve. Th...

The Swedish Treskilling Yellow that was issued in 1855 is believed to be the only surviving misprint. This most valuable object by weight was last believed to be sold for £970,000 in 1993 in Geneva, ...

A typical expedition consisting of several small motor boats would round up an entire family of whales and drive them towards the shore. When shallow waters are reached, blunt metal hooks would be ins...

Of the wide variety of yachts available, the dinghies and skiffs were meant only for short runs as they were not equipped for extended voyages lasting several weeks. Moreover dingy races were normally...

During cold winter months when the temperature drops considerably, and it gets miserably cold, the blood vessels get constricted. This in turn will restrict the supply of blood to the heart. Reduced b...

An amazing yet sensible custom with most tribes was that there would always be a gap of a minimum of three years between children. This was because the wife needed to be moving around with the husband...

Most of us think "it is not going to affect me or anyone in my family" the tendency is to ignore it. This could be just wishful thinking, because statistics show that by the year 2050, 1 in 85 people ...

It could be the outcome of what was playfully started off with a tendency to scribble on any surface be it paper or canvas or just plain walls. However, haven't we all done that at one time or the oth...

The antiquity of this ancient science dates back several thousand years during what is called the Vedic period which could have been between 1700 and 1100 BCE. Those were the times when texts were don...

The word diamond owes its name to the ancient Greeks. It was named after adamas which in Greek simply means unbreakable. Certainly, there is no harder substance that exists on Earth. A different and m...