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America's Sugar Addiction and the Obesity Epidemic
The USDA estimates that the average American consumes over 17 teaspoons, or 94 grams, of added sugar every day. This means we are ingesting approximately 130 cups or 65 pounds of sugar a year. Just how many grams of added sugars do you eat or drink in a day? Why does it matter?
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Environmental Issues and Overpopulation Solutions: Is Eating Crickets and Cockroaches the Answer?
Why in the world should you care that bugs are edible, let alone buy into the idea of willingly consuming them, when you’d much rather have a burger or a pork chop? Well, many experts believe that soon you will have little choice in the matter.
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Turkey Abuse: How Turkeys are Bred, Raised, and Slaughtered in Factory Farms
People have celebrated Thanksgiving for centuries; however, the feasts shared today differ drastically from the delicacies enjoyed in the past, even when compared to just a few generations ago. Today's turkey is a monstrous distortion of what it should be, and once was.
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My Dog Ate What? Why Dogs Eat Grass and Other Weird Things
Why do dogs eat strange things (like grass) and is it dangerous? Is it in their nature, due to boredom or a nutrient deficiency, or because of a disease? Let's explore the possibilities.
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Are You Being Lied To? Lying, Microexpressions, and Catching a Thief
Join me in my quest to find out, at last, who really stole the cookies from the cookie jar. There is a sure way to ID that little rascal! Exploring microexpression analysis and how to spot a liar.
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How to Stop Animal Abuse in Asia: End Cruelty to Dogs
It all began when a few ambitious men came up with a scheme to profit off the wild dog population in northeast Thailand. Trapping and smuggling canines across the border and on to butcheries in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam where locals consider dog meat a rare and delectable treat, these men were...
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Urine (Pee) Color and Diseases, Disorders, and Conditions
We all know what urine is…but few of us know any in-depth details. For instance: What are normal color variations and what colors signal disease? What is its ideal pH and what creates dips or spikes in acidity? Is it sterile or is bacteria healthy? And, most importantly, what can this...
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Interesting Cat Facts: How the CIA Tried to Weaponize a Feline
To be fair, there are a great many characteristics in the cat that would--in theory--make it an excellent spy. It has great night vision, excellent hearing, superb smell, fine-tuned whiskers, perceptive paws, not to mention razor sharp claws, all packed into an incredibly agile and deftly...
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A Cat's Nose: Cancer, Seizure and Death Sniffing, Fire and Gas-Detecting Felines
With the dog dubbed “man’s best friend”, just where does that leave the cat? We must admit some felines that come to mind, such as Sassy, the smug, whiney Himalayan from Homeward Bound or “Grumpy Cat”, a famous multi-breed feline who became an internet sensation for her permanently angry...
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Are Dogs Man's Best Friend? Medical Alert Dogs and Police and Military Detection Teams
Dogs are man’s best friend for several reasons: they offer warmth and companionship, unconditional loyalty, reliable protection…and they have fantastic noses. Their noses allow them to claim territory, interact socially, detect danger, and find food when necessary. And, their noses allow us to...
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Can Caffeine Kill? How It Impacts Animals, Plants, and the Environment
Because caffeine is a substance used by the young and old in every country and on every continent, it affects billions.
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Air Freshener Spray: Febreze Air Effect's Toxic Ingredients and the Safety of Similar Products
We all have those days when we don’t feel like taking out the trash or cleaning the kitty’s litter box. Normally the odor from delaying such chores would become overwhelming, and urge us nose-first out of doors en route to the dumpster, offending substance in tow. But now, thanks to technology,...
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Breastfeeding Benefits vs Baby Formula: Feeding Your Baby
In the US approximately 25% of babies receive formula within 2 days of being born, around 37% are supplemented with formula before 3 months, and between 42% and 44% are fed formula by 6 months of age (18) Here we will discuss the possible dangers of this trend but also how to feed babies the best...
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Health Benefits of Mangoes: This Super Food Fights Cancer, Fat, Cholesterol, and More
Despite being a member of the Anacardiaceae family (as are poison ivy and poison oak) and therefore producing the irritating chemical urushiol, the mango has a much better reputation than its renowned rash-inducing relatives. Most people do not come in contact with mango vines or tree sap,...
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40+ Human Foods and Drinks That Are Poisonous or Unhealthy for Dogs and Cats
Several fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, condiments, additives, and drugs are toxic to domestic pets. Some harm only dogs, others only cats, and several are poisonous to both. Following is a list of potentially problematic foods that should be kept in a safe place where a curious, inquisitive pet...
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Warriors Freed by Monopoly: A History of Britain and its Secret Service
German leadership, aware that shortages and the resulting starvation of the imprisoned would be in direct violation of the Geneva Convention, began accepting goods from charitable organizations abroad, such as the Red Cross. German authorities had no clue that the captured British and American...
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Carrot Nutrition and World War 2 History: Interesting Facts About the Air Force and Wartime Propaganda
The power of the carrot first came into play with the installation of airborne interception radar (AIR) in planes of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. Before the use of AIR, the British were being dealt a heavy blow by German nighttime raids. However, radar gave RAF pilots a...
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The Media and Pet Purchases: Disney's Not So Happy Endings
Few would believe that a cartoon could play a role in the deaths of thousands of animals, but Disney's 101 Dalmatians movie is credited with doing just that. The animated films Finding Nemo and G-Force have similarly negatively affected the clown fish and the guinea pig. Even Budweiser beer...
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The Study of Behavior Development by Watson, Pavlov, Thorndike, and Skinner
Behaviorists believe that psychology should focus on measurable and observable physical behaviors, and how these behaviors can be manipulated by changes in the external environment.
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The Best Decaf Coffee: Which Coffee Bean Is Safe and Which Has Caffeine?
Decaffeinated coffee is consumed by the elderly, children, and those who are pregnant as well as by individuals with hypertension, anxiety disorders, or kidney disease. And it is becoming only more and more popular among the population at large. Those who drink it believe that they are avoiding...
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Is The Alcohol in Hand Sanitizer Safe? A look at Purell and Germ-X.
Is it possible to get drunk off of hand sanitizer? Well, yes and no. No, if you use it as intended and only apply it externally to your hands. Yes, if you drink 6 12.7 oz bottles of it as an alcoholic patient in an Australian hospital did, leading to a near-lethal 0.271% blood alcohol content (and...
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Forensic Science (Entomology): Secrets Revealed by Flies and Bugs
Different bugs are present on a corpse during each stage of its decomposition. Using facts known about these insects, information can be learned about the body they infest. General details are provided here on the five levels of corpse decay: fresh, bloated, active, advanced, and dry.
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American Black Widow Spiders Bring Victory in World War I and II
Few people are aware of how black widow spiders contributed to the World War II effort, but they had a significant impact. In fact, a LIFE magazine article published on August 30thof 1943 credited each of several government employed arachnids with spinning between 100 and 180 feet of thread a...
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Food Poisoning: How Do You Get it and Why?
When individuals consume or handle meat, they may be exposing themselves to many harmful diseases. It is therefore important to know the parasites that may exist in meats and how they are passed to humans.
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Risks of Liposuction: The Side Effects After Cosmetic Surgery
A study on the long-term effects of liposuction has been published in the Obesity journal. The results were unanticipated. Not only did individuals regain all suctioned fat within the span of a single year, but it reappeared in different locations...
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The Safety of Giving Tea to Infants: Anise, Chamomile, Peppermint, Black Tea Warnings
The FDA has discovered a trend that until recently remained largely unrealized. This trend, backed by data from an innovative new study, is the substantial number of mothers who supply their newborn infants with herbal teas and/or various supplements. A warning has been issued to physicians...
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Zoo Animals Information: Are they Happy and Healthy...or Not?
Zoos can and have taken steps to improve the situations in which animals are housed. But there is only so much they can do. Animals will likely continue to have limited movement, social interaction, food sources, and foraging opportunities.
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Nail Diseases, Disorders, and Conditions: Listen to What Your Nails Tell You
Think twice the next time you are tempted to scoff at an alarmed individual who breaks a nail. The event may signal much more than the need for another manicure. Unhealthy and readily breakable nails indicate a variety of health compromising conditions including chronic bronchitis, thyroid...
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Eating Disorders: The Dangers of Overeating or Binging
Overeating does more than just make you momentarily uncomfortable, and discomfort is only the first of a series of resulting problems. Continual overeating stresses the entire digestive system, overworks its organs, and has impacts on health that are far more extensive than most people realize.
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Natural aspirin (salicylic acid) in Plants: Safer Than Pills
Aluminum is a main ingredient in the commercially available buffered form of aspirin. While researchers were revealing its tumor preventing and carcinogen neutralizing abilities, aspirin may also have been secretly destroying the central nervous systems of millions of Americans.
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Baby Fae: Can Animal Organs be Used in Humans?
Baby Fae should not have been given the heart of a baboon. Lucy Shelton of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals accused doctors who transplanted the heart of a primate into the dying newborn of “medical sensationalism at the expense of Baby Fae, her family and the baboon” (1). A...
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Xenotransplantation: Is it a Good Alternative to Human Organ Donation?
Some approve of the practice of animal organ transplantation and see it as a great way to reduce the lengthy waiting process often required by transplant patients. On the other hand, others see the wait for xenotransplantation to be perfected, let alone approved, as needlessly lengthy as well.
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Symptoms and Signs of Toxicity and Kidney Failure After a Dog Eats Grapes
There are some “people” foods that if shared could seriously sicken your pet, if not kill them. It is important to be able to identify these foods, and know when you shouldn’t share your snack. One potential danger is grapes. According to the ASPCA, grapes of all varieties can cause serious...
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The Many Great Health Benefits of Ginger Root: Its Amino Acids, Vitamins, Chemicals, and Minerals
Every slice of ginger contains eighteen amino acids in addition to a wide array of vitamins, chemicals, and minerals. For this reason, ginger is beneficial in a multitude of different ways.This article addresses five of the many nutrients found in ginger: amino acids (both essential and...
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An Analysis of "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell and "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry
Society has a great influence on people and their way of life, and can either liberate or oppress them, depending on the accepted standards of the time. Societies which believe in total male superiority cause women to be oppressed and unsatisfied with their lives. The wives in Trifles and A Raisin...
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Ginger Health Benefits for People with Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, and Other Conditions
Did you know that in every piece of ginger there are eighteen different chemicals as well as several unique nutrients? Each of these impacts the body in a specific way, and all work together to give ginger its ability to improve several health conditions.
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Almond Milk Nutrition and Benefits vs. Dairy
Almond milk contains many beneficial vitamins and minerals. For those who cannot consume dairy due to allergies or an intolerance, almond milk is a great alternative. It is even considered by some to be a superior beverage.
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Symbolism and Themes in Jewett's A White Heron and Hemingway Big Two-Hearted River
Sarah Orne Jewett and Ernest Hemingway both use nature to develop the main characters in their short stories.
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Meter, Rhyme, and Rhythm Patterns in "After Apple Picking" by Robert Frost
A line-by-line analysis of the elements used by Robert Frost within his poem "After Apple Picking" that give it depth and meaning.
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Race and Discrimination in 'Othello' by William Shakespeare
This is an analytical essay that examines the racial issues in Shakespeare's play, "Othello." The play ponders whether race is a social fabrication or an innate ugliness of human nature.
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An Analysis of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen": A War With Words
Much is revealed in the way that an author expresses himself; the diction he uses and the images he creates often serve to represent secondary meanings not apparent at first glance. For example, by examining the literary devices and word choice employed by Queen Elizabeth of England in her speech...
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White Bengal Tigers: A Harmful Genetic Mutation
The capture of Mohan, the father of all modern white Bengal tigers, took place in 1951. The Maharajah was notified that a tigress had been spotted with a white cub and a search for its retrieval was begun immediately. Not only was the tigress shot, but two of her cubs were killed as well. Mohan...
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The 49th sonnet of English poet Sir Philip Sidney
A Narrator's Human Flaw of Love and His Ultimate Submission to its Power Philip Sidney's 49th sonnet, describing the journey of the narrator upon horseback, is one which follows the form of the Italian sonnet in the first two quatrains but breaks...
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An Analysis of Winterbourne in Daisy Miller: A Study by Henry James
Faith failed Mr. Winterbourne, as he was unable to see past what society expected him to see, and it was only through hard facts and evidence-the testimony of the dying girl and the Italian man with whom she spent most of her time-that Mr. Winterbourne could finally accept Daisy as she was, truly a...
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The Belgian Blue Cattle Debate
Belgium Blue cattle are characterized by extreme muscling, known as "double-muscling," the result of a mutation in a myostatin gene that prevents control of muscular growth. This mutation causes extreme over-development of muscle in the cattle, which provides great benefits to producers and...
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Analysis of the Villain Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice"
Shylock, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, embodies emotion unfettered by moral or intellectual constraints. Shylocks' speech at the beginning of act four, scene one distances him from the rest of society and perpetuates his ostracism as his actions validate Antonio's attacks upon his...
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Mouse Control: The best types of mouse traps and which ones to avoid
Pest elimination is something that many people consider to be necessary. Mice in particular cause problems in homes and businesses, and their extermination becomes crucial in order for humans to maintain their lifestyles and livelihoods. The market provides a multitude of traps designed to...
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The Sperm Whale Expertise of Herman Melville in His Novel Moby Dick
The novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville meticulously describes behavioral and anatomical characteristics of the sperm whale, characteristics Melville learned through the study of scientific compositions. One of the main contributors to Melville's...
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How Technology Effects Society
What is Internet's Effect on Civil Society? New technology has historically had unpredictable and unprecedented impacts upon society. With the invention of the telephone in 1876, its uses were thought to be limited to businessmen alone and...
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An Analysis of Viola in "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
In the brief passage in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 2, sc. 4, lines 104-122, Viola delivers a critique of society by showing that societal expectations serve as barriers to reality. Within the bounds of what society dictates, men can express whatever feelings they desire, whereas women must...
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An analysis of May Sarton's poem AIDS
In May Sarton's poem "AIDS" she uses imagery, syntax, and repetition to describes love that transcends disease and inevitable death, and human compassion which offers hope in ultimate despair.
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An Analysis of Shakespeare in A Midsummer Nights Dream
Shakespeare takes on a deeply personal tone in his sonnets. By adding themes from his 26th sonnet into a summation speech in A Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare gives the work a deeper meaning and ties it to elements of his own life.He describes using his imagination to create the worlds depicted...
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An Analysis of The Knights Tale and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In both The Knights Tale and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, animal imagery supports and furthers the themes and plots of the novels. Chaucer's main characters Palamon and Arcite in his novel The Knight's Tale are both described with...
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The Suffering Inbred Pug
The Ethics of Creating the Purebred American Pug The American Pug has a very specific ideal appearance. Pugs which successfully exhibit this appearance are the result of intensive inbreeding and selection over many generations, and eventually are...
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Aristotle Quotes and Plato Philosophy: Two Critiques of Poetry
Plato and Aristotle critique poetry and the effect it has on poets and their audiences, as well as society and humankind. Both men approach the critique from different perspectives-Plato from an idealistic deductive viewpoint depicted in dialogue format, and Aristotle from a realistic, practical...
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An Analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
In Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, engagements and consequent marriages occur contrary to expectations. This is because all the clues and evidence held important by society and seen as indicative of engagement are ambiguous at best, if not entirely baseless and reliant on mere...
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An Analysis of Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding
In Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews, the importance of fashion recurs throughout the novel. The author examines this concept, and finds that "High People" are "People of Fashion," but that they are not "higher in their Dimensions" nor in "their Characters" (176) than the rest of society....
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Analysis of Yusef Komunyakaa's "Facing It"
Yusef Kommunyakaa's Emotional Response Surrounding the Vietnam Memorial Yusef Komunyakaa emphasizes his ethnicity at the very beginning of his poem "Facing It" in the first lines: "My black face fades,/hiding inside the black granite." In these...
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An Analysis of Queen Dido in Virgil's "The Aeneid"
The famous poet Virgil Wikimedia Commons Dido, the Phoenician Queen in Virgil's The Aeneid, is a tragic character who is a victim of the will of the gods. Enchanted by the god Amor, Dido becomes hopelessly enamored with Aeneas and abandons all else...
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Feeding a Rabbit: Its Omnivorous Diet and Nutritional Needs
The ingestion of feed of high fiber has allowed the rabbit to survive and flourish, and it has evolved many characteristics that complement and depend upon this diet. This dependence should be taken into account when rabbits are raised in captivity and their food source is provided for them solely...