01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus

 The Greater Good of Science

There was a time – and very recently – when the idea of the possibility of learning the composition of the celestial bodies was considered senseless even by prominent scientists and thinkers. That time has now passed. The idea of the possibility of a closer, direct study of the universe will today, I believe, appear still wilder. To step out onto the soil of asteroids, to lift with your hand a stone on the moon, to set up moving stations in ethereal space, and establish living rings aroun...
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As described by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who predicted space exploration through reactive vehicles and expressed his hope through a better world through his research in 1912.

21 MAY 2011 by ideonexus

 Stool Toilets Promote Hemoroids

Animals in second-stage labor, then, act, look, and breathe as though they are having a bowel movement. So what should your wife do after her cervix is completely open and the baby begins to slip through? She should do the same thing. Now, here again, we run into the minor structural differences between humans and animals. They are minor but important. You will have made a careful study of how your wife conducts herself in sleep for management of the first-stage labor. Must you now make a sim...
Folksonomies: biology
Folksonomies: biology
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The natural position for a bowel movement is to squat.