We may have a hundred Chinese Tallow trees. This invasive species grows fast, and has bright green leaves twisting like pinwheels in the wind. In autumn, they create some of the most flashy fall colors in the South. Plant stores used to sell them as fast-growing shade trees. But fifty years later, birds have spreadContinue reading “Chinese Tallows.”
Category Archives: Aging/Long life
Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. Pascal made famous an interesting argument for the existence of God: PASCAL’S WAGER. Imagine life as a bet. Pascal says it may be difficult to prove the existence of God with reason, but because life is a wager, we should wager that God DOES exist. Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.”
Biohacking.
A Whoop Band can track your “sleep efficiency,” heart rates, and oxygen saturation. Supplements may help you lose weight. Fasts and cleanses may improve your gut health. Golfer Rory McIlroy (not diabetic) injects a continuous glucose monitor so he can achieve “perfect” blood sugars. “Biohacking” encompasses a range of bizarre behaviors. Why do such things,Continue reading “Biohacking.”
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