Most troubling is how nocebo is used on unsuspecting consumers. The nocebo effect is not only well recognized in medicine and science research, it’s well-recognized by marketing professionals. Nocebo is why fear has become the most widely used political and marketing technique, especially when it comes to food and health. Fear sells. This natural human […]

Is there really a spell to become a Mermaid that actually works?

At edible.com, one of the selections is tea paw-picked by monkeys.Edible – MONKEY PICKED TEA No folks we’re not pulling you leg! This rare chinese tea is carefully picked by specially trained monkeys in a remote mountain rehion of China. Legend has it that monkeys were first used to collect tea ten centuries ago, because […]

Article in Slate today about Genius, what it means, and how we use the label.  No real conclusions, but a solid quick read to start a discussion. How we use and abuse the word genius. – By Ron Rosenbaum – Slate Magazine

Don’t get me wrong, I love wine and hold little award shows of my own several times a month, but yes, wine awards are bullshit.The study said that of almost 2,500 wines that were entered in more than three competitions, 47% won a gold medal in at least one contest.However, of those gold medal winners, […]

What Andre The Giant Teaches Us About The Health Care Debate It turns out nothing much, unless you count drinking more as health advice (It is, trust me I’m a Doctor).

By some definitions, Cook has the largest church in the country. As the full-time chaplain of Atlanta’s international airport, his flock includes the 56,000 employees and a quarter of a million travelers who pass through each day.

I say the levitating mice is half way to flying mice and that kicks ass. Mice Levitated in Lab | LiveScience Scientists working on behalf of NASA built a device to simulate variable levels of gravity. It consists of a superconducting magnet that generates a field powerful enough to levitate the water inside living animals, […]

It doesn’t pay to call the President a liar. Well, actually it does pay, but only to your political opponent. After shouting “You Lie” to President Obama during a healthcare speech, Congressman Joe Wilson saw his opponent, Rob Miller, raise over 100k. Its nice to see a quantifiable reaction to that kind of useless non-dialog. […]

Turkish military police said Thursday that they had stormed an Istanbul villa to rescue nine women held captive after being tricked into believing they were reality show contestants.