I am a translator and novelist currently living in Finland. I have an MA in translation studies and a BA in Bible and theology. I like to keep up-to-date with science and origins issues and write about them in my blogs.
Moses On Drugs: A Brave New Theory Or Extremely Bad Science? It has become easy to predict when Easter is coming even without looking at a calendar. Each year we get to hear about some new astounding discovery and the authors of the sensational find get their moment of fame and occasionally also some extra money. This time last year the Discovery Channel announced "the archaeological discovery of the century". The find turned out to be a commercial for...... Similar Editorial : Supplements and Drugs by Marjorie Geiser, RD, NSCA-CPT. | Source : Science Fair Projects
Cavemen Were Smarter Than We Thought Science textbooks usually present cavemen as very primitive people who were barely able to utter a few monosyllables. However, as additional data about stone age men is unearthed, the picture becomes considerably more complex. It seems that the more we know about them, the more modern traits they seem to acquire.A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science suggests that cave...... Similar Editorial : Food For Thought by News Canada. | Source : Chemistry Review
Harvard Biologist Admits: We Know Nothing About Brain Evolution Science journals have featured countless stories about the evolution of the human brain. Scientists are puzzled since humans have much bigger brains than any other species. Their suggested explanations have often been mutually exclusive, for instance the old text book explanation relied on eating meat but a few years ago an article New Scientist, a popular science magazine, suggested that eating...... Source : Chemistry Review
Hobbits Becoming More Human A new study suggests that the hobbits, a diminutive people whose remains were found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 and 2004, were real humans after all. They were originally classified as Homo floresiensis, a species distinct from Homo sapiens but the dispute about their status has never abated.Named after J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth heroes, they became known all over the world...... Similar Editorial : On Being Human by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Chemistry Guide
Dino-era Bird Found In China Dino-era Bird Found In ChinaThe fossil of a modern-looking bird that lived during the dinosaur era has been found in China. According to National Geographic News, which recently reported on the find, the bird called Ecoconfuciosomis zhengi or "the dawn of the Confucious bird" was discovered by Chinese and British paleontologists in the Hebei province in northern China.The well-preserved bird...... Source : Chemistry Guide
