MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cosmology'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:27:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309660&cid=t_92469_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FDrjVMlqCLs0%2Fscience-books-for-the-new-year.html These are my recent science book finds for the New Year The science of kissing – When did humans begin to kiss? Why is kissing integral to some cultures and alien to others? Do good kissers make the best lovers? And is that expensive lip-plumping gloss worth it? Sheril Kirshenbaum, a biologist and science journalist, tackles these questions and more in The Science of Kissing. It’s everything you always wanted to know about kissing but either haven’t asked, couldn’t find out, or didn’t realize you should understand. The book is informed by the latest studies and theories, but Kirshenbaum’s engaging voice gives the information a light touch. Topics range from the kind of kissing men like to do (as distinct from women) to what animals can teach us about th... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309660 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:00:49 +0100 4309660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172101&cid=t_92469_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSciencebaseScienceBlog%2F%7E3%2FofNkL_LilbU%2Fsizing-up-the-universe.html As a child I devoured books on the stars and planets, on dinosaurs, volcanoes. Was fascinated by the prospect of a space shuttle and lament the fact that I was sent to bed before they landed on the Moon (I was only three at the time, and the Apollo 11 landing happened at 2am UK time). I was ever keen to hear about the latest research developments on TV from the likes of Tomorrow’s World and Horizon as well as the revelations about life from Attenborough (Sir David, not the bro, Richard). I was constructing all kinds of gadgets with Lego and Meccano from an early age and had an electronics kits at age ten and hankered after an astronomical telescope, a dream fulfilled the Christmas before my 11th birthday. My dad still reminds me that my most favoured word even before I started school... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172101 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:02:29 +0100 4172101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2947027&cid=t_92469_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2F_jBgYBLyDac%2F It’s been hard for me to write lately. It’s mostly because when I look at my old entries, particularly those that got a lot of attention, they are nothing like what I think about and write about now. During my second year, and the summer after, I was really just reading and re-reading the material I got from my teachers and thinking about how it applies to life. The summer in particular was an experiment for me, simply to see if I could build a blog talking about Chinese medicine. Well, I did. With some help from my friends – near and far. I got an email from a reader recently who told me that he missed my more frequent posting. He wondered what happened to me. In our ensuing exchange, I got some valuable advice. This reader encouraged me to write about whatever it is tha... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2947027 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:59:52 +0100 2947027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405300&cid=t_92469_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fmercury-climate-change-cosmos.html Mercury seals, ancient climate change, and even older microwaves, all feature in my Spotlight column over on Intute, this month. Mercury seals - The Polar Bear has often been given the role of proverbial environmental canary, coming to prominence in the movie An Inconvenient Truth by former US Vice President Al Gore. But, researchers in Canada have now reported for the first time how high levels of the toxic metal mercury present in certain Arctic seals could also be an indicator of the effects of climate change, hinting at how vanishing sea ice caused by rising temperatures may be to blame. The study provides new insights into the impact of climate change on Arctic marine life. Global thermostat - Could increased chemical weathering of rocks by rivers increase the absorption of carbon dio... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405300 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:23 +0100 2405300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2192786&cid=t_92469_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FSO3VRP6fgl8%2F Hey everyone, Just a quick announcement.  Brandon Brown, colleague at NCNM and all-around fantastic guy, has written a fascinating article that dips into the cosmology of this time of year.  Here’s an excerpt: “Here is my translation of the text from the YiJing for Hexagram 19. 《臨》元亨，利貞。至于八月有凶。 Successful, Benefitial. As for the 8th month (august) it is ominous. 《彖》 曰：《臨》，剛浸而長，說而順，剛中而應。大「亨」以正、天之道也。「至于八月有凶」、消不久也。
Gradually firm and enduring, speaking with direction, responding with a firm center. Big success with correctness, this is the way of Heaven. Ominous challenges will soon disappear. 《象》曰：澤上有地，《臨》。君子以�... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2192786 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:34:46 +0100 2192786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980890&cid=t_92469_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F462469939%2F Video of a huge meteor crashing to earth caught on camera. Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada. Filmed about 5:30pm Thursday November 20th 2008 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F22%2Fmeteor-crashing-to-earth%2F'; addthis_title = 'Meteor+Crashing+to+Earth'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980890 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:50:15 +0100 1980890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1780085&cid=t_92469_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fcosmic-effort-sheds-light-on-dark-energy.html Forget the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), with its alleged ability to create earth-sucking microscopic black holes, its forthcoming efforts to simulate conditions a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang 100 metres beneath the Swiss countryside. There is a far bigger puzzle facing science that the LHC cannot answer: What is the mysterious energy that seems to be accelerating ancient supernovae at the farthest reaches of the universe? In the late 1990s, the universe changed. The sums suddenly did not add up. Observations of the remnants of stars that exploded billions of years ago, Type Ia supernovae, showed that not only are they getting further away as the universe expands but they are moving faster and faster. It is as if some mysterious hidden force that pervades the cosmos is working ... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1780085 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:00:22 +0100 1780085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623750&cid=t_92469_122_f&fid=35077&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneurophilosophy.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F19%2Fthis-is-insane%2F Do these people actually believe that the earth occupies a fixed position at the centre of the universe? What’s even worse than the debate raging in American schools about the teaching of the soulless doctrine of evolution, is the non-debate over an issue that rational Americans have foolishly conceded to the secular among us: the issue [...] (Source: Neurophilosophy) Neurophilosophy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623750 Sun, 20 May 2007 13:41:30 +0100 623750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563721&cid=t_92469_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F22%2Fin-celebration-of-earth-day%2F I heard an amazing poem today, from his book “Love letter to the milky way”, this is Drew Dellinger’s hymn to the sacred body of the universe let’s meet at the confluence where you flow into me and one breath swirls between our lungs let’s meet at the confluence where you flow into me and one breath swirls between our lungs for one instant to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563721 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:58:13 +0100 563721