January 22nd Fact of the Day
cn | 22 January, 2007 23:43
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning.
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The Science of Hair Growth and Loss
cn | 10 January, 2007 15:42
The Scientific American blog has a post that strikes close to home for me, as a guy with plenty of chest and facial hair but an ever lessening amount of fur on top...here's a clip from the post:
To the consternation of most men, later in life, follicles in the nose and ear become sensitive to testosterone and also enlarge, thus yielding large hairs. Paradoxically, hair follicles on the scalp of genetically predisposed men respond in the opposite manner: they miniaturize and spend less time in anagen, which leads to baldness
Find it in its entirety here.
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Random Fact for January 7th
ben | 07 January, 2007 17:22
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
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