What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve been haunted by the question “what should I do with my life” since childhood, so when I found a book with this title, I just had to read…… Continue reading What Should I Do with My Life
Author: Anca Ioviţă
Cortisol – the aging hormone
Bringing offspring into the world is much more stressful for salmons compared to humans, even if the two species secrete the same stress hormone, cortisol. Unlike humans, salmon fish age soon after spawning. They undergo a massive hypertrophy of the interrenal gland. Because of this, they secrete massive amounts of corticosteroids. They usually die…… Continue reading Cortisol – the aging hormone
Is aging a form of dehydration?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibt1YQhDHZ8 The video you just watched is a time lapse of a bouquet of roses withering in a vase. Do you notice the wrinkling of petals, their decrease in volume? They have plenty of water in the vase, so why do they dry? Do they develop an inability to absorb or to preserve their cell…… Continue reading Is aging a form of dehydration?
When you can’t let the shell go
Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything changes. (The Lavoisier principle) And yet humans cling to the past. Nostalgia sells (maybe that’s the secret of Facebook’s success?). For one reason or another, all cultures past, present, and perhaps future, mummify their dead. I am fascinated by the human nature, and as such, I read…… Continue reading When you can’t let the shell go