Translated by Rumia Bose This post is a revised version of “Let the sunshine in” published on 14-9-2017 What would become of painters, cartoonists, architects, and engineers if we were…
What causes depression: serotonin or your experiences?
…one? Perhaps your thyroid is not functioning properly and that is the cause? You take an antidepressant that regulates serotonin, and your depression vanishes as snow before the sun. Might…
What is colour? How blue can look white…
…the world as being full of colour. This is the effect of partial reflection of sunlight by objects. Sunlight itself is white: it consists of all the wavelengths of light….
Your will is what you want
…in the sun. I don’t want Trump to be re-elected. These are all sorts of different things that I want. We assume that your will is instrumental in arriving at…
Science in the time of Corona: Part 2
…VE, Cohen T (2020): Household studies provide key insights on the transmission of, and susceptibility to, SARS-CoV-2. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 20:1103–1104. Sun K, Wang W, Gao L, Wang Y,…
Obesity is 60% heritable. And this means …
…Behavior Genetics in the Postgenomic Era. Annual Review of Psychology 72:null. DOI 10.1146/annurev-psych-052220-103822 Sun C, Kovacs P, Guiu-Jurado E (2020): Genetics of Obesity in East Asians. Front Genet 11. DOI…