Extending a yawn has therapeutic effects. So does sighing, yawning's little brother. <> M. Foster, M.D. (A Text Book of Physiology, Sixth Edition, 1895) wrote ... "Sighing is a deep and long-drawn inspiration, chiefly through the nose, followed by a somewhat shorter, but correspondingly ... Read More

Who doesn't know how to yawn? Well, there's yawning for beginners and there's yawning for virtuosos. The average yawn for human beings lasts only six seconds. Yogis consider that pathetic. So does a Pomeranian pup named Bella. <> Ashley Geiken ("Pomeranian Breaks Record for Longest... Read More

The U.S. government is pro-opioid and anti-pot and anti-LSD. Why? There's a lot more cash to be made in opioids and opioid antidotes. Narcan overdose spray is now being stocked by all of Walgreens' 8,000-plus pharmacies. <> Arielle Pardes ("How the Pharmaceutical Industry Is Making Mo... Read More

There's no such thing as a lipid bilayer membrane. Or a sodium-potassium pump Or a lock-and-key receptor. Or autoimmune diseases. It's all Fake News concocted by Cultural Archetypes pretending to be Science Necromancy. Grab your wallet and make a break for the door whenever you hear s... Read More

I'm somewhat north of the cheering section when it comes to Ray Peat's ideas about sleep and darkness. On the plus side, he does seem to regard carbon dioxide as Nature's evening substitute for light as an antidote for the stress of darkness. <> According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) .... Read More