This study adds a big “maybe” to the possibly-thought-inducing question of whether chewing speeds up a person’s brain, or parts of a person’s brain, or aspects of what might happen in part or parts of a person’s brain, more or less. The researchers reach a tentative “could” in the final sentence of their summary: “Effects […]
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Advice: To chew or not to chew
It is not an absolute, inviolable rule that one should always chew one’s food. Whether or not this Time report is accurate, its advice at the end is basic and good: A fishmonger in southern China found a live bomb inside one of his squid. The man — identified only as Mr. Huang by the Guangzhou Daily — said that while […]
Dog-eared pages, wolfed by a pooch
Ivan Oransky announces: “Apparently part of Alexandra Horowitz‘s “Inside of a Dog” is now inside of our dog.”
Dr. Shit Fun Chew, Undersung Scientist
Investigator Eileen Peters alterts us to the fact that Dr. Shit F. Chew—our Undersung Scientist of the Month back in December 2004 and again in February 2010—now lists her complete name on her web site. Her complete name is Dr. Shit Fun Chew. Dr. Chew now becomes our first three-time Undersung Scientist of the Month. […]