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A Brief History of Toilet Paper

For Fun | February 13, 2013 | Jen

Did you know that one of the original ads for Northern bath tissue touted that it was “splinter free?” (And that was in 1935!) With its ultra soft modern sheets, designer fragrances, and tasteful hues, …

Why Wait? Procrastinate Now!

Newsletter | August 9, 2012 | Jen

August 8, 2012: Volume 3 Issue 32 Edited by Chip Walter and Jen Szymanski Take a Nano Nap Long naps are so passe. Welcome to the new millennium, where mp3 players, smartphones, and now, even …

200 Years of Surgery

Origins Of: | June 11, 2012 | Jen

Leeches. Bone saws. Pus-stained physician coats. Historical images of surgery tend to bring to mind a horror movie rather than an operating theater. Consider this treatment for a stroke: In 1831, for instance, a Mr. …

Hunter Gatherer Populations Show We’re Wired for Density

Origins Of: | April 19, 2012 | Jen

Social networking existed a long time before Facebook…

The Myth of the Eight Hour Sleep

Live Better | March 5, 2012 | Jen

Presenting the newest “modern humans screw everything up” controversy: We’re not built to sleep “eight straight.”

The Origins of Daydreaming

Brain, Origins Of: | January 25, 2012 | Jen

At night we dream of things that puzzle and bewilder us. We visit unfulfilled urges and desires. But why do we “zone out” during the day? Scott Kaufmand and Jerome Singer of Scientific American examine how scientists have viewed …

Diet Fads Throughout the Ages

For Fun | January 18, 2012 | Jen

Eating soap? Vomiting after lunch? Arsenic pills? Today’s fad diets are strange – but they pale in comparison to those from ages past.

Daily Human – Volume I

The Daily Human | June 30, 2011 | Eric

Eduard Spranger b. June 27, 1882 NOTED PSYCHOLOGIST DIVIDES HUMANITY BY SIX Eduard Sprager is principally known for his work in identifying the six different value attitudes that comprise personal ethical systems. Each dimension of …

All Things Human: What’s a “Human Bean?”

Blog, Human2Human, Live Better | May 21, 2009 | Eric

Aim high. Live better. When my father was a boy, he stuttered horribly. His speech was so poor that he could rarely complete words, let alone sentences. His fellow students, even some of his teachers, …

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