Up until 2012 I considered work the noblest virtue of all. I thought work can bring healthy self-esteem, important resources for sustaining life and a solution to the most pressing medical and ethical problems of the world. I got the job of my dreams in a high-stress clinic doing research in my favorite niche. I…… Continue reading Would flexible working times protect the environment?
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Royal jelly and the birth of a new science
Ever since the discovery of the DNA molecule, researchers have been keen on separating the genetic influences on our development and diseases from the environmental ones. There were diseases you were born with and diseases you had because of an unfavorable environment, including here the so-called sinful diseases – those pathologies that are largely caused by…… Continue reading Royal jelly and the birth of a new science
Civilization and resources
Switching between the developed and the developing world last year has made me more aware on the innate differences among people – while currently reading “The Starvation Experiment” – a study on 36 male volunteers who restricted their daily calories and the short-term and long-term consequences of their act – I came to realize how…… Continue reading Civilization and resources