LikeOverview Gaining lean muscle can be challenging, especially for ectomorphs and hard gainers. According to Matt Murphy and Michael Mejia, authors of “The Men’s Health Gym Bible,” you can gain weight and lean muscle mass by working out with weights and eating a balanced diet. Resistance training stimulates muscle growth while the right amount of [...]
LikeCare for your Eyes Skin around your eyes needs special pampering, especially if it’s swollen from too little sleep or too much pollution (or latenight crying). “I have always found the use of a good clay- or mud-based mask to be very effective in reducing under-eye swelling,” says beauty expert Rachel Perry, author of Reverse [...]
LikeThe trend toward increasing network connectivity has increased the threat to information resources. There are many tools available to mitigate the risk of exposure of justice information systems that results from interconnection to public and private networks. This discipline focuses on those that are in the most common use and represent a minimum level of [...]
LikeAny computer connected to the internet faces a dauntingrange of electronic threats. Perhaps the biggest single threat to any computer is the humble software bug. Seemingly innocuous programming errors can be exploited to force entry into a computer and also provide the weak spots that allow computer worms and viruses to proliferate. Many software bugs [...]
LikeIt’s probably the first thing you ever did by yourself, but how did you know what to do? It’s long been a mystery how newborn mammals draw their first breath after life in a fluid-filled womb – and more importantly why this mechanism fatally fails in some individuals. Now a single gene is providing some [...]
LikeSerotonin cell discoveries mean rethink of depression ……… (22 July 2010) IF YOU thought depression was caused by low serotonin levels, think again. It looks as if the brain chemistry of a depressed person is much more complex, with mounting evidence suggesting that too much serotonin in some brain regions is to blame. [...]
LikeLike part of a cosmic Russian doll, our universe may be nested inside a black hole that is itself part of a larger universe. In turn, all the black holes found so far in our universe—from the microscopic to the supermassive—may be doorways into alternate realities. According to a mind-bending new theory, a black hole [...]
LikeQuantum theory and Reality It is one of the all-time greatest physics experiments: such a classic that it’s taken a century to go one better. In the double-slit experiment of 1908, a photon fired at a pair of slits passed through both simultaneously and interfered with itself. This surprising effect provided one of the first [...]
LikeCheetahs are a typical member of the cat family (Felidae) that is unique in its speed, while lacking strong climbing abilities. It is the fastest land animal, reaching speeds between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 460 m (1,510 ft), and has the ability to accelerate [...]
