posted by Margy
When my, now grown, kids first started downloading music and then moved on to text messaging instead of talking to one another I watched with disinterest. I told myself that technology was for the young and that I did not have the concentration or time to learn. I was [...]
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Posted by Brunie I am so glad to see that the “father” of stem cell research has discovered a way to reap the same benefits from skin cells. His new discovery allows researchers to gain the benefits from ordinary skin cells that were previously gained from stem cells. Dr. Thomson and other scientists will now be [...]
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Posted by BrunieRecently the My Plan After 50 blog described the deadly MRSA staph bacterium and how it has inundated hospitals and care facilities for years. The popular press picked up on this antibiotic-resistant organism when it became known that a middle school student was infected and died, making this danger relevant to far more [...]
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Posted by Paul
Here are some of my fond memories of growing up in a neighborhood:
· Knowing all the neighbors by their first names.
· Cutting through yards without worrying about getting in trouble.
· Playing kick-the-can and other evening-into-nighttime games with the neighborhood kids.
· Watching my parents interact with [...]
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Posted by BrunieThe most complex known object in the universe is……the human brain.That’s right. It is generally acknowledged among the scientific community that this organ that resides within our skulls and affects every part of our lives is (or has been) one of our least understood parts. Some work by scientists at Harvard University, however, [...]
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