Lucy was a beautiful girl of 11 years. She was studying in a prestigious international school here. She is a bit on the healthier side and quite attractive. She had a bout of hyper-ventilation in the school prayer hall and it being a VIP school, the authority promptly took her to the nearby cardiac centerContinue reading “Hyper-ventilation”
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Synthetic Happiness
Can happiness be synthesized ? [ Human beings can actually have experiences in their heads before they can happen to them in real life. They can feel mortal fear and get drenched in sweat even before the cause has materialised. This is a trick that none other animals have. _ Dan Gilbert ] Today, asContinue reading “Synthetic Happiness”
Man flu
Men actually experience respiratory viral illnesses differently than women. Men are reported to take longer to recover from flu-like illnesses than women. Researchers have long known that men and women experience pain differently. After all each woman has a billion cells different from a man. They have X chromosome in each cell in place ofContinue reading “Man flu”
Future of Male Chauvinism
Women have a primeval urge to hang on to wealthy men to provide for their children during the long period of pregnancy and childrearing. In one Danish study, husbands whose wives out-earned them were found to suffer from erectile dysfunction more. Reason: the loss of breadwinner status somehow is related to impotence. …Continue reading “Future of Male Chauvinism”
Evolution of Beauty
Is beauty only skin deep ? Certainly not says, Nancy Etcoff of Harvard Medical School. Beauty is indicative of health, youth and fertility. The ability to detect beauty is a survival mechanism. That is what evolution needs for propagation of species. We’ve evolved to recognize traits like tender skin, large eyes, baby noses and chubbyContinue reading “Evolution of Beauty”