Gelotophobia can best be defined as the 鈥減otentially debilitating fear of being laughed at.鈥� A person suffering from gelotophobia may hear a stranger鈥檚 laugh and believe it is aimed at him or her....
The Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors has produced several television ads featuring Naturopathic doctors sporting white lab coats and stethoscopes highlighting their apparent medical...
I鈥檓 not a huge fan of automobile racing, but I do admit to catching a bit of the fever when the Formula One cars roll into town. There is something captivating about these machines, capable of...
Pine tar has been in the news recently - at least for those who follow baseball.聽 Pine tar is pretty much what it sounds like.聽 It is a sticky substance created by heating pine roots and related...
Recently, there鈥檚 been an influx of media attention on guts. More specifically, the microbes that live聽in聽your gut. Extensive research is being done on these little guys as they seem to be having a...
On The National, Peter Mansbridge reported the results of a survey on cheating in Canadian universities.聽 Reference was made to data gathered from over 40 universities about the number of students...
It is a cheap, safe, readily available mild acid.聽聽It is ideal for the generation of carbon dioxide from baking soda.聽聽In fact, one version of baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and...
A little pump called the 鈥淔izz Keeper鈥� is available in kitchen supply stores to pressurize previously opened soft drink bottles and prevent loss of carbonation. The idea appears to make sense, but...
The press went crazy jumping all over a report that four North Carolina students invented a nail polish to detect "date rape" drugs. Just dip a finger into a drink, and watch for a colour change...
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