Archive for the ‘science’ Category

Craig Venter @ TED

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Craig Venter is a biologist and one of the leading figures in unlocking of the sequence the human genome. The video above is on his latest work to change the world for the better.

Tired in the afternoon? Take a nap!

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

With last month’s report on the benefits of taking a nap comes the discussion of how it fits in American and other cultures. Here is one woman’s opinion. Since Louisa Thomas was a part of a study and she followed through by examining the results, she carries the credentials to be part of the discussion. How do you get through the part of the afternoon when your “homeostatic pressure to sleep briefly overwhelms the circadian signal to remain awake?”