When women spend a lot of time together it’s often thought that they will get their periods at the same time. We like to imagine women leaving their household toilets with a little smirk on their face as they nod to all the other ladies in the house with an unspoken understanding. But new evidence [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Jul
21
What’s the Buzz?
After going to a concert my ears always ring. And I always imagine that the buzzing sound is my ears squealing for help because I have just subjected them to an onslaught of very loud music. But my ears don’t really have a conscience. They couldn’t really be telling me off for enjoying a good [...]
Jul
14
Feeling the heat: the facts behind sweaty palms
Wet hands. There is nothing less attractive than shaking someone’s hand to find that it’s wet. It’s even worse if they’ve just come out of the toilet. And this is quite bizarre really; because it’s more likely a grown person would wash their hands after going to the bathroom and not dry them properly, than [...]
Jul
4
Do you need to wash your hands after you go to the toilet?
Don’t steal the cookies from the cookie jar, and wash your hands after you go to the toilet were the staples of my childhood education. And I learned them long before I learned how to read and write. But what if someone told you that sometimes after you’ve gone to the toilet you shouldn’t wash [...]
Jul
4
Getting high on hypercolour
In the beginning of the 90’s there was an amazing movement, that astounded even the most creative minds. No, it wasn’t Peter Andre’s surprising success or the slow demise of the perm, it was the hypercolour T-shirt. For those unfamiliar with this fashion craze, the concept is easy: people were purchasing fabulous clothing that changed [...]
Jul
4
Was Goliath just a misunderstood BFG*?
Science and the Bible don’t always get along. In fact many biblical stories are difficult to believe because there is almost no scientific evidence for them. But the story of David and Goliath is a little different, because it actually has a scientific explanation. This explanation not only makes the story easier to believe, but [...]
Jul
4
Turning poo into energy: “Where are you going today?” said Poo(h)
These days’ ideas for renewable energy seem to be coming from everywhere: the sun, the wind, and now, science is slowly working on cost effective ways to human waste into energy. We’re not there yet, but things are looking good for this unconventional energy source. Biosolid is the politically correct term for poo, particularly when [...]
Jul
4
Paying lip service: do our lips get addicted to lip balm?
According to chapping lip legend if you put lip balm, lip gloss, or other popular lip moistening phenomena on your lips all the time then your lips will eventually forget how to stay moist and you will become reliant on external balms to keep your lips moist. This never made much sense to me. My [...]