Humans and beer: The ideal pairing
We don’t know for sure when humans first got the idea to drink fermented grain beverages, but according to the Los Angeles Times, our primate ancestors…
Category: Personal Development
Mainstream medicine goes psychedelic
No, you aren’t hallucinating — researchers really are turning their attention to psychedelic drugs, also called hallucinogens or entheogens, for…
Play a video game for science
A video game developed in Barcelona, Spain, will help scientists advance research into breast cancer. In other words, play a game and solve a problem….
The fork: A brief history
For a short time in the year 1004, it was the talk of Venice. An aristocrat’s foreign bride, offending all the guests at the wedding feast without saying…
Good work habits to set you up for success
If you want to succeed in your job, good habits are essential. No one is perfect and not everything is under our control, but a few healthy workplace…
A prayer labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco (2008)
Center yourself with meditation or prayer Since the dawn of humanity, people have meditated and prayed to deepen their relationship with the divine….
The new shampoos come in a bar
Cruise down the hair care aisles in any big box store and you’ll see the usual lineup of liquid shampoos in plastic bottles, but there’s a new option…
When soap was high tech and shampoo was the new thing
There was a time when shampoo was high tech. In fact, shampoo is a relatively recent invention — the first commercially available shampoo (really just a…
The brief history of the telephone conversation
Odds are pretty good that when you answer the phone, “hello” is the first thing out of your mouth. But have you considered taking “ahoy” for a spin…
The mysterious history of ambergris
Pretend that you’re a fisherman of modest means, scraping by on a boat in the Indian Ocean. One day, as you empty the anchovies and barramundi from your…