A local farmer just started growing a special kind of barley used in the Faroe islands since the Viking age and he is asking if the locals are interested in helping preserve it. How can I (with no experience) help him out?
Study reveals why we trust some strangers and not others: Strangers are more likely to be trusted if they look like someone who has earned your trust before – and more likely to be distrusted if they resemble someone who has betrayed your faith in them, finds new research in the journal PNAS.
If you're familiar with George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, then I think you'd be interested in Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman(published in 1985). Here's the intro:
An analysis of nearly 320,000 medical records found that alcoholics who heavily used cannabis enjoyed an even lower chance of suffering alcoholic liver diseases than non-dependent cannabis users and patients who did not use pot. Cannabis users were less likely to get obesity and other comorbidities.
In light of a recent post, don't forget the Internet Sacred Text Archive, which was established in 1999 and is one of the oldest and most comprehensive, free to read digital repositories of books relating to the esoteric pursuits of humanity, including religion, philosophy, occultism and mythology.
Vitamin D status in irritable bowel syndrome and the impact of supplementation on symptoms: Evidence suggests that low vitamin D is common among the IBS population and merits assessment and rectification for general health reasons alone. Vitamin D interventions may benefit symptoms.
Adults with autism show a diminished brain response to hearing their own name. Hearing your own name typically signals that another person intends to attract your attention, and orienting to the own name is considered an important aspect of successful social interaction
Scientists suggested that a fake “God Helmet” (a skate helmet with wires attached) could elicit mystical experiences at a music festival. People who reported such experiences with the placebo device were predicted by self-identified spiritualism, but alcohol intoxication did not have any effect.
PT: A guide to let go of painful and traumatic memories. With this method the emotional charge and pain from past trauma that still affects you will lose its grip on your mind. The more pain from the past you clear, the lighter and happier you will feel.
[twitter] Tip: JavaScript's Array.from() accepts a second argument that's a `map` function. Useful for calling on each element of an array you created.
TIL when you are eating a pineapple, it is technically eating you as well. Pineapple is the only known source of Bromelain, a protein-digesting enzyme found in all parts of the fruit.