Canine Assistants Give Comfort, and Other Links
Therapy going to the dogs. Sigmund Freud himself was a pioneer in canine-assisted therapy. Contrary view: Reports that pets can cure what ails us don’t stand up to scrutiny.
More evidence on moderate drinking. Compared with regular drinkers, both binge drinkers and teetotalers were almost twice as likely to have had heart problems.
How many genes are uniquely human? Altogether, probably no more than 18 out of 22,568 genes in total.
Neanderthals may have been cannibals. Bon appétit.
The metabolic cost of an adult missing one night of sleep. It’s the equivalent of walking slightly less than two miles.
Double, double toil and trouble: Romania is planning to tax witches; the witches are planning to cast an anti-government spell. (HT to Tyler Cowen).
Does missing a night’s sleep burn as many calories as walking two miles? If so, I think I will amend my New Year’s resolutions.
I think Fido has health benefits.
Let’s hear it for moderate drinking.
Let’s hear it for the witches.
It’s not clear why the Neanderthals would have been cannibals. That would not seem to have evolutionary survival value.
Theaters are going to the dogs too.
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