Logical Science

As parents many people tend to worry sometimes unnecessarily about every little problem or children may or may not face. This is because our children look to us to solve all their problems and protect them from any danger that may enter their lives. Sometimes however our children face things that we simply have no control over leaving us feeling utterly and completely helpless. On average most children are talking plainly and comprehensively somewhere around the age of two years. Because every child is different however this may not always be true of each and every child. Just because your child may be one of the few that does not talk at this time does not necessarily mean that there is a problem. It does mean however that you should look for other clues to indicate a possible problem. One of the most common problems which may lead to a  delay in speech in children  is if your child has a hearing problem. To determine signs of this pay attention to how your child re...

Endometriosis is a condition which affects the reproductive system of women. When this condition is present it causes the endometrium which lines the uterus under normal circumstances to grow in various other locations as well. The most common places for this other growth includes the fallopian tubes, ovaries and even the tissue which lines the pelvic area. When endometrial tissue grows in other areas of the body it continues to perform as it would during menstrual cycles. It thickens and more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/01/how-endometriosis-affects-women/

Lactose intolerance is a condition which affects a person’s ability to digest dairy products such as milk and other products which contain milk sugar or lactose. Although this condition is not generally serious it can cause some bothersome and annoying effects to those who suffer from it. Lactose intolerance is caused by the body’s failure to produce adequate amounts of lactase. This is an enzyme that is produced by the small intestine however not everyone who has low levels of this enzyme wil more here http://logicalscience.com/2017/08/understanding-lactose-intolerance/

Every now and then you need a little treat. After all, you have worked hard and you deserve to reward yourself for all of your efforts. From hitting the gym to eating well 90% of the time, you are doing it! So go ahead and reach for favorite tub of ice cream or rip open that Twinkie wrapper. But, be careful. You might not be able to stop at just one bowl or just one baked sweet treat. Just like there are gateway drugs that can lead to more and more reckless behavior, doctors are now more here http://logicalscience.com/2016/08/why-is-it-so-easy-to-binge-on-junk-food/

No. This is not the regular article about 'feeding the muscle and burning the fat' weight loss article about metabolism that you regularly come across online. Anyone who has tried to lose weight and keep it off knows how difficult the task can be. It seems like it should be simple: Just exercise to burn more calories and reduce your calorie intake. But many studies have shown that this simple strategy doesn’t work very well for the vast majority of people. A dramatic example of the c more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/your-second-heart-how-to-avoid-weight-regain-after-dieting/

For a long time now, there is a myth that high doses of vitamin C can control common cold. However, several studies have conclusively proved that vitamin C has no effect on common cold viruses. An extensive 2013 review of 29 trials that involved more than 11,300 people found "no consistent effect of vitamin C on the duration or severity of colds." The negligible cases where the researchers observed some benefits of vitamin C was among marathon runners, skiers, and soldiers on "subarctic e more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/the-only-supplement-that-can-really-help-you-with-common-cold/

Old people feel sad, isolated, and ignored. That’s the stark warning of Sue Bourne’s moving new film “The Age of Loneliness” which premiered on BBC1 on January 8th 2016. Bourne filmed 13 people aged from 18 to 100 who are unhappy with their lot but the saddest stories came from the elderly. The Scottish documentary-maker, who makes candid, intimate films, such as the “Fabulous Fashionistas” (2013) which chronicles a group of elderly fashion-conscious ladies, said she chose the topic for h more here http://logicalscience.com/2016/01/the-age-of-loneliness-old-people-psychology/

Researchers at the University Colima (UCOL) studied the effect of synthetic cannabinoids a chemical compound in the vascular tone in order to know their mechanisms of action and in the future you can design new drugs that regulate blood pressure in people who suffer from diseases like diabetes arteriosclerosis and hypertension among other pathologies. The plant cannabis sativa (marijuana) contains about 65 cannabinoids, which cause different effects among which the main cannabinoid-induced more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/09/effects-of-synthetic-marijuana-compound-in-the-vascular-system/

Videos of the “butterfly children” are difficult to watch. The name comes from the delicate skin of people who have epidermolysis bullosa, which is reminiscent of the fragility of a butterfly’s wings. The slightest touch evokes painful blisters and peeling skin. “I was born with the worst disease you never heard of,” says a young girl, Rafi Lily, in one video. “I know mom doesn’t want to hurt me, but taking off bandages is hard. It feels like fire is beating me up and sharp dogs teet more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/gene-therapy-for-the-butterfly-children/

The topic of this blog coincides nicely with Charles Darwin’s birthday week. The techniques that we use to study evolution have changed drastically since Darwin’s time, but we still ask many of the same questions. This week, we’ll be discussing genetics and evolution in one of the dominant malaria mosquito vectors of malaria. Mosquitoes are often cited as the world’s deadliest animal. This is because mosquitoes can carry various types of diseases, including yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and ma more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/should-we-worry-about-genetic-diversity-in-mosquitoes/

Neil Harbisson who was color blind had implanted an antenna in to head in 2004 to ‘cure’ his color blindness. The sensor in the antenna has the ability to convert the light waves into vibrations, that could be decoded by his brain. This antenna protrudes from his head. He often claims that he is the world’s first official cyborg and the first of many such ‘non-humans’ or 'cyborgs'. Neil Harbisson, also adds that since his British passport shows him with his antenna, the government conside more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/worlds-first-cyborg-says-it-is-time-the-world-start-accepting-people-with-tech-parts/

The virus attacks the liver to become inflamed and conducive to harden (hepatitis) and do not build some of its key functions, including participation in insulin production in conjunction with the pancreas. The lack of this hormone will trigger the blood glucose levels, the extent of the affected catalog as a diabetic enduring. The specialist warned that pursuing high percentage hepatitis without obvious symptoms, which are important periodic laboratory studies. The majority of people more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/06/hepatitis-presence-affects-the-production-of-insulin/

Rios Flores Student Research Center and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) Unit developed a process to improve the efficiency of a solar cell to achieve market would have a technological economic and environmental impact thus placing Mexico as a benchmark in the development of solar energy systems in Latin America. According to Rios Flores, maximum efficiency is now reached 17.3 percent achieved by an American company while at laboratory world record is 16.5 percent achieved in a U.S. university, more here http://logicalscience.com/2015/01/cinvestav-optimizes-solar-cell-system/

The most common ear infection is that of the middle ear. Its fancy name is otitis media. It is a common affliction if you happen to be a child under the age of three. In most cases, ear pain is caused by pressure that develops when something interferes with the drainage of the Eustachian tube. This is the tube that runs from your ear to your throat. When you hold your nose and blow while in an airplane, it is the Eustachian tube in which you are trying to force air to "pop" your ears and more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/those-pesky-ear-infections-the-science/

A man, called Noah by the international media, has claimed to be a time traveller who has returned from 2030. And what’s spookier is that he has passed a lie-detector test on his predictions on US President Donald Trump and domestic help robots, among others. He has made some bizarre predictions and it is tough to say if it’s mere imagination or a real case of time travel. Noah himself has opted to remain anonymous as he fears that he might be attacked for revealing what holds for the world more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/a-time-traveler-who-saw-world-in-2030-passes-lie-detector-test/

If you wince when you brush or eat hot food, you suffer from having sensitive teeth. Even taking cold drinks can trigger tooth sensitivity. This article discusses five common causes of tooth sensitivity and suggests what you can do to change for the better. Vigorous Brushing When you brush energetically, the enamel (hard white substance) on the surface of your teeth gradually wears off. This exposes the microscopic canals in your teeth, and the nerves in there will be exposed to the hot more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/5-causes-of-sensitive-teeth/

Both Sexes Benefit from Statins Or Do They Statins reduced adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in both men and women, based on a meta-analysis reported in the February 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Statin therapy reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 19% in women and by 23% in men and all-cause mortality was lowered by 10% and 16%, respectively, according to lead author, William Kostis, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in more here http://logicalscience.com/2017/09/both-sexes-benefit-from-statins-or-do-they/

People in the US take FDA approval too seriously, we assume that if the FDA has approved a food, then it’s perfectly safe to eat. Nothing could be further from the truth; while it is true that FDA has set in motion several rules and regulations, to keep the food and water supply safer, they have also continuously allowed dangerous foods that are banned in other countries. Despite being the richest and most powerful country in the world, America's food is inferior to that of other countries. In more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/top-10-hazardous-foods-eaten-by-americans-that-are-banned-in-several-countries/

The list of acai berry benefits runs quite long, and its benefits as a potential control method for diabetes mellitus figures prominently. Though acai berries cannot reverse the condition of diabetes – no remedy of the world can do that yet – they can definitely keep the diabetic condition in check, which is what all treatment methods for this condition aim to achieve. Since acai berries are naturally sweet, this is good news for all diabetic persons who are sweet lovers. However, the swe more here http://logicalscience.com/2015/02/are-acai-berries-good-for-diabetics/

Specialists of the institute of materials research of the UNAM (IIM-UNAM) develop chemical compounds that will collect energy from the sun with a transfer efficiency of close to one hundred percent energy. This phenomenon would allow the design of a new generation of photovoltaic compounds that achieve capture light in the spectral range of UV-visible light in a more optimal way in order to convert it into electricity. Dr. Ernesto Rivera Garcia IIM-UNAM scientist explained that to achieve more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/08/developing-unam-chemicals-to-optimize-solar-cells/

Emma Dunne, University of Birmingham Over 750,000 square kilometres of Amazon rainforest have been cleared since 1970 – a fifth of the total. As a result, many of the animals that live there are threatened with extinction. But this isn’t the first time the Earth has seen its rainforests shrink. Toward the end of the Carboniferous period, around 307m years ago, the planet’s environment shifted dramatically, and its vast tropical rainforests vanished. Palaeontologists have previously strug more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/rainforest-collapse-in-prehistoric-times-changed-the-course-of-evolution/

I’ve always found the history of education quite interesting. For centuries humans have shared knowledge with each other including passing on values, traditions, methods and skills to the next generations. In India a residential school system called as gurukul was practiced for 1000s of years. Formalized learning techniques, however, have only been developed recently in the past 150-200 years. How have we progressed over the centuries to the modern educational system we have today? We see i more here http://logicalscience.com/2016/08/then-and-now-progression-in-education/

In order to manufacture Unmanned Aircraft in national aerospace technology, specialists from the Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESO) carry out a program for the design and manufacture of unmanned aircraft, rockets and weather balloons Mexicans. Dr. Javier Avalos Garcia, Academic Department of Technology and Electronic Processes Jalisco home studies, explained that although airborne platforms can have multiple applications, the goal of ITESO is that they serve as support in more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/09/develop-unmanned-aircraft-in-guadalajara/

The expiration date doesn't mean, or even suggest, that the drug will stop being effective after that, nor that it will become harmful. "Manufacturers put expiration dates for marketing,rather than scientific reasons " said Mr. Flaherty, a pharmacist at the FDA until his retirement in 1999. "It's not profitable for them to have products on a shelf for 10 years. They want turnover." The FDA cautioned there isn't enough evidence from the program, which is weighted toward drugs used during more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/do-medicines-really-expire-or-are-we-taken-for-a-ride/

Friend (and guest blogger last week) Brett has an interesting post on his blog about the difference between maths and the other sciences in the public eye. He’s got an interesting point - even though maths and physics are both considered “too hard” by most of the general public, at least physicists can talk about black holes, play with liquid nitrogen and generally explain how we’re working to understand the underlying laws of the universe. Interestingly, I was also talking to some biologi more here http://logicalscience.com/2017/04/promoting-the-sciences/

When I was younger (and still to a lesser extent now) I used to be a magician - I’d do shows at kids parties, retirement homes, that kind of thing. It was pretty good fun, though stressful at times, and it was always very cool to be able to do all these different effects (my family, particularly my grandfather loved it!) I’ve actually just started getting back into it, particularly with card work - I really enjoy card magic and working with cards. Very satisfying, and not so gimicky as all the more here http://logicalscience.com/2017/10/when-science-meets-magic/

More news from Oz - a study has shown that students from public schools (which here means free, government run schools, which the majority of students attend) “do better” at University than students from private schools (where students (=parents) pay for schooling.) The main findings were that students from independent schools and selective government schools got the highest scores in year 12 [the final year of high school] but their lower-scoring colleagues from non-selective, standard gov more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/01/students-from-public-schools-do-better-in-universities/

Image Credit: A research stay of three months at Microsoft Research facilities for training in various programs and tools is the aim to fulfill Francisco Videos Jimenez, Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the center for research in computing (CIC) the (IPN) National Polytechnic Institute. From June 15 to September 15, 2014, the CIC student will remain in the laboratories of Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, where you get high-tech knowledge and a complete scheme for the more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/05/student-can-research-at-microsoft-research/

The knowledge and technology from universities to businesses to be transferred to social welfare, says deputy Director of Technological Development and Innovation Center for Applied Innovation in spirited Technologies (CIATEC), Luis Gabriel Rivera white Tower. The director of the center belonging to the network of public centers of the National Council for Science and Technology said that to attain that impact scientific investigate in entrepreneurship, technology move and innovation is more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/06/fundamental-to-innovation-technology-transfer/

It's science fair time! What should your child do for his third grade science fair project? A helpful tip may be to refer back to your child's textbook for ideas. In this grade level, children are beginning to learn about life science, earth science, and physical science. Teaching children about the world around them and how it functions is an integral part of education. Some topics include studies of the moon (various phases and how we see the sun's reflection), demonstrating an object's more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/3rd-grade-science-projects-ideas-things-to-consider/

The most commonly and easily found everyday material is a product of sand, yes it is GLASS. Quick Facts about glass Its use can be traced back to the Stone Age, and it was naturally occurring glass, like obsidian (glass naturally created from volcanic magma). Its initial use started as a glaze for pottery until the method of glass-blowing was developed in the first century B.C., making glass more available and it has derived its name from the Latin word for ice, "glacies." Though more here http://logicalscience.com/2017/10/the-glass-we-know-9-top-facts/

Generated by the cloud and mobile devices, the technological revolution is touching the curtain micro enterprises. Due to the potential of the developers have set their sights on the famous little shop or little shops that have come to the point of sale solutions at affordable prices. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), more than 95.2 percent of the more than five million economic units in the country are micro enterprises. Only in the Federal District th more here http://logicalscience.com/2014/07/the-technological-revolution-comes-to-small-business/

If you can’t stand the taste of gin and tonic, or curl your tongue when you eat eggplant, that’s your evolutionary conditioning trying to save you from being poisoned. The bitterness in tonic water and certain vegetables alerts your body to a potential toxin, and high levels lead to a feeling of nausea. Since most plant-based poisons taste bitter, it appears that somewhere in the higher branches of our evolutionary tree, our ancestors developed an in-built defence mechanism to repel toxins t more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/bad-taste-why-most-people-hate-bitter-food/

The rare super blue blood moon which occurred more than a century ago occurred on Wednesday, January 31, made for an unforgettable spectacle. Star-gazers across the globe witnessed the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event which graced the skies for the first time after 152 years. Needless to say, the images that flooded social media platforms were indeed magical and showed how the lunar body looked from different countries of the world. However, a video has started doing the rounds more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/did-aliens-fly-by-during-the-super-blue-blood-moon/

Q: Why leaves go red and fall off trees A: Leaves are the lungs and food factories of a plant, needing carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make oxygen and glucose. As days become shorter and colder, indicating less sunlight and water in the coming months, trees begin to break down the chlorophyll in their leaves and distribute the nutrients from the leaves to the trunk and roots, where they can be used to help the tree last through the winter. The loss of chlorophyll unmasks the yellow more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/why-leaves-go-red-and-fall-off-trees/

Few Years back, Gillian Tett of the Financial Times wrote an opinion piece titled, ‘Why doesn’t America like science?’ mentioning the amazing fact that only three of eight Republican candidates believe in evolution. Today the situation hasn't much, with the US pulling out of Paris climate accord and politicians openly denying global warming. I will keep political opinions out of this piece, but I have to put some interesting points from this article before you, regarding science, politics more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/why-america-hate-science-food-for-thought/

“Yes please!” I said when a friend asked if I’d like a fresh, daily supply of yoghurt. She took a jar covered in cheesecloth out of her kitchen cupboard, and dipped a fork into the contents: creamy, thick yoghurt. She fished around with the fork and lifted out a cauliflowerish lump: kefir. “All it takes is a piece of this in half a jar of milk, at room temperature, overnight in a dark place. And you have a fresh, probiotic culture every day. It keeps on going,” she said. Kefir ‘grains’ a more here http://logicalscience.com/2018/02/kefir-for-making-your-own-yogurt/

Question: How much red wine would you drink to prevent a stroke? And would you top it up with a handful of aspirin a week?   Answered by Dr. Jack, United Kingdom: One of my patients was recently admitted to hospital after vomiting a litre of blood from a stomach ulcer; this followed years of escalating aspirin and red wine intake aimed at avoiding the stroke her mother had suffered from. Aspirin is widely prescribed to improve our heart health in these obese and sedentary times. People more here http://logicalscience.com/2016/02/red-wine-white-aspirin-crimson-blood/