miraculousoutreachministries:

15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you knew, will he inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

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jainki:

Neurons vs free will: The notion of free will is under attack again, this time from the advance of neuroscience.

“The more we find out about the workings of the brain, the less room there seems to be in it for any kind of autonomous, rational self. Where, in the chain of events leading up to an action, could such a thing be found? Investigations of the brain show that conscious will is an “illusion”, according to the title of an influential book by a Harvard psychologist, Daniel Wegner, in 2002—a conclusion that has been echoed by many researchers since.”

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ikenbot:

yes, I accept

There’s always room for faith as well

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theatlantic:

It’s Not Just You: ‘Old Person Smell’ Is Real

In a study published yesterday in PLoS One, researchers report that young people aged 20-30 are able to accurately guess when a scent comes from an elderly individual aged 75-95. While study participants were also able to determine when a smell was associated with someone in middle age or in their youth, they were much better at smelling old people than young people.

How did the scientists collect the smell samples in the first place? Scientific American explains, hilariously:

In their new study, Lundström and his colleagues sewed absorbent nursing pads into the armpits of T-shirts and asked volunteers of different ages to sleep in the shirts for five consecutive nights. The researchers divided the 44 volunteers into three groups: eight women and eight men between the ages of 20 and 30 (the young); the same number of men and women between 45 and 55 (middle-aged); and six women and six men between 75 and 95 (elderly). During the day, the volunteers stored the T-shirts in sealed plastic bags; avoided spicy foods, cigarettes and alcohol; and showered with odorless shampoo and soap.

 Read more. [Image: Blude/Flickr]

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mothernaturenetwork:

Scientists invent ‘cannabis without the high’
The development may help people who smoke marijuana for medical purposes.

Take that you dumb weed people!!! :D :D

Lets see how you like it when you smoke the weed without the high! Will you still try and legalize weed?

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enterthenarrowgate:

This made me smile, and I hope it makes you smile too. c:

LOL wow.

enterthenarrowgate:

I edited this photo to remind myself that even though I may have dark and cloudy days, the sun is still going to shine. In fact, the sun is still there, even on cloudy days, we just can’t see it. And when we’re having the darkest of nights, the sun is still there too, it’s just shining on another part of the world. There are times when we have more dark times than good times and the sun seems to set earlier, just like in the winter. But there’s always summer, when the sun shines longer and sets later. In the end, it all forms just the right cycle, a complete year. 

In the same way, God is always here for us, even when we can’t feel Him. Even when we feel like we’re sinking, drowning, or just plain dark, He’s always shining on us. His love never goes away. Sometimes, though, it feels like it. Sometimes we stare at the clouds instead of His beautiful light that’s shining on us. Sometimes we forget that even the darkness is as light to Him, or that His light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. 

Wherever you are, whatever you’re going through, however long your cloudy days may be….know that one day, the sun is going to shower on you~

scinerds:

Unwelcome Visitor

Credit: CDC/ Dr. Stan Erlandsen

If this fellow is in your well water, don’t quench your thirst. This is a scanning electron microscope image of Giardia muris, a protozoan parasite that causes nasty diarrhea when it infects the intestines of its hosts. 

Giardia has two phases in its life cycle: the cyst, a dormant phase, and the active trophozoite phase, seen here. People can contract the parasite by drinking water contaminated with cysts; from there, the parasite becomes active, with very unpleasant digestive results. Anti-parasite medication can help fight off these fierce freeloaders, which attach to the intestine lining (seen here in blue). The worm-like flagella seen in this image allow the trophozoites to swim freely in the host’s gut.

discoverynews:

ooh, so close

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