Stereotypes
Whilst I accept that BMI is a partially flawed measure these are interesting statistics. These findings regarding children and adolescents are more worrying since they point to an intergenerational problem.
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Excellent little video on chronic pain
They Got A Grant For This
Effects of chewing gum on cognitive function, mood and physiology in stressed and non-stressed volunteers. RATIONALE: Recent research suggests that chewing gum may improve aspects of cognitive function and mood. There is also evidence suggesting that chewing gum reduces stress. It is important, therefore, to examine these two areas and to determine whether contextual factors…
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Jorge Cham is a former roboticist who gave up acemia to become a comic, he produces the comic strip PhD Comics His little graphic below whilst referencing academic presentations is pretty much spot on for any presentation.
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In a world where the inane and idiotic exploits of bogan fwits are celebrated on almost a daily basis in the media it is good to read about someone who is actually making a noble attempt to raise the IQ of the room
Warm Ups
I am certain there is something trading related in here – Less is More: Standard Warm-up Causes Fatigue and Less Warm-up Permits Greater Cycling Power Output Abstract The traditional warm-up (WU) athletes use to prepare for a sprint track cycling event involves a general WU followed by a series of brief sprints lasting at least…
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I am certain there is something trading related in here – Less is More: Standard Warm-up Causes Fatigue and Less Warm-up Permits Greater Cycling Power Output Abstract The traditional warm-up (WU) athletes use to prepare for a sprint track cycling event involves a general WU followed by a series of brief sprints lasting at least 50…
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Some interesting thoughts on why we don’t take care of ourselves as we get older. Abstract Many adults have an overly pessimistic view of old age because they fail to correctly predict their ability to hedonically adapt to old-age health related problems. A standard utility model where the marginal utility of health is higher at…
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Interesting sit down with Leonard Susskind one of the architects of string theory about his relationship with Richard Feynman Feynman has long been one of my intellectual idols and his biography is well worth reading. He was certainly not your average physicist.
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