Magnesium: Chicken Soup for your Immune System

Magnesium has a strong relation with the immune system. We all know that vitamin D3 plays an essential role in our immune systems. But any conversation about Vitamin D is incomplete without a discussion of the mineral magnesium.

Voting for The Lesser of Two Evils

The two-party political system has been offering voters two choices: bad and worse. Lately these choices have proved to us that we have selections, not elections.

Slavery: a thing of the past? Not so fast

Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable. Roughly a quarter of enslaved individuals are children. Migrant workers are also particularly vulnerable to forced labor.

How the size of a horse’s ass determined the size of the space shuttle rockets

Space Shuttle Rocket Boosters are 4 feet 8.5 inches wide. Why such an odd dimension? Because the boosters, built in Utah had to be shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida via rail through a tunnel, slightly wider than a railroad track. US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8 ½ inches.

Prostate Cancer: Common, Detectable and Treatable

For the guys: important advice on prostate cancer detection and treatment. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. About 1 man in 8 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.

Halloween Jack o’ lanterns: a modernized tradition

Neighborhoods around the country prepare for trick-or-treaters coming this Halloween. Pumpkins carved into Jack o’ lanterns, along-standing tradition, is modernized with plastic pumpkins, re-used from year to year.