10 body myths debunked by science

Posted in Science at 5:28 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment  

Myth 1: Calories Counting Is All That Matters for Weight Management – Calories are the energy content as measured by complete combustion of the food. But, our bodies don’t burn food, they digest, ingest and metabolise it, so different foods even if they have the same “calories” can have a very different effect on our bodies.

Myth 2: Body Hair Grows Back Thicker When You Shave It – Nope. It doesn’t.

Myth 3: You …

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Students bare their science blogs to critics

Posted in Science at 4:33 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment  

Mind the Science Gap is a science blog with a difference.  For ten weeks between January and April 2012, ten Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan will each be posting weekly blogs as they learn how to translate complex science into something a broad audience can understand and appreciate.

Course leader Andrew Maynard (of 2020 Science fame) has asked me to pop by …

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Tyson autotuned

Posted in Science at 5:16 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment  

Neil de Grasse Tyson, that is! Symphony of Science: Onward to the Edge. Fantastic, funny, profound. What more could you want from a science video?

Be sure to stop the video before it gets to 2’56″, otherwise you get the inevitable autotuned Brian Cox, looking wistful and waxing lyrical on a pebble beach in an open-necked shirt…

You can find out more about the wonderful Symphony of Science, which we’ve mentioned before, …

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