Monthly Archives: September 2013

Science is Not Your Enemy

Posted on September 18, 2013 by caydunbar

A labored defense of the practice of science – which we will define as scientism – was recently published under the title Science is Not Your Enemy by Stephen Pinker in New Republic magazine. A much more lighthearted approach by Tim Minchin … Continue reading →

Posted in CaBRI, Genetics, Science, Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Harmon, Clinical trial, Leon Wieseltier, New Republic, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Steven Pinker, Tim Minchin | Leave a comment

Break a Sweat

Posted on September 17, 2013 by caydunbar

Salt is one of the most ancient things of value to man, as a moment’s reflection on the origins of words – like salary (something worth working for) quickly brings to mind. Roman soldiers were paid in salt, not silver. … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural History, Science, Uncategorized | Tagged Chloride, Dahl, dietary salt, eccrine sweat glands, Glasgow University, hominids, Hypertension, paleoanthropology, persperation, physiology, Salt, Sodium chloride, sweat, ten thousand year explosion | 1 Comment

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