4 Great Reasons Science Projects Make Your Child Smarter

Stimulate a child's mind and it will make them smarter. Science projects are one great way to get children involved in learning and have fun doing it.

4 Reasons Your Child Should Do Science Projects All Year, Not Just For

Doing science projects with your child will help you to find a bond that will help your child in their future.

Melamine Toxicity Testing - Practical or Political, Its Here to Stay?

Interest in melamine testing has skyrocketed with the recent scares in the United States after pork and chicken were given contaminated feed imported from China. With unprecedented scrutiny on the various industries which use melamine, operators may need the services of a testing laboratory.

Evolution - The Devil Is in the Details (Part Three of Six)

Are mutations the driving force in evolution? Is that feasible? Let's do a bit of detective work and see if we can answer these questions.

Evolution - The Devil Is in the Details (Part Five of Six)

Did mankind evolve from bacteria? Did the Encyclopedia Britannica evolve from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace? Let's check out this analogy!

Those Elusive Beneficial Mutations

Naturalists claim that evolution is driven by beneficial mutations. Is that a plausible explanation for the diversity found in nature? Let's check it out.

Introduction To Silicone And Silicone Products

Silicone (formally referred to as polymerized siloxane or polysiloxane) refers to any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms.

You, I and We

The article discusses about the different psychological stages of maturity such as dependent individual, independent individual and interdependent individual and the implications of these for the ultimate success of an individual or a team.

Serial Killers

Countess Erszebet Bathory was a breathtakingly beautiful, unusually well-educated woman, married to a descendant of Vlad Dracula of Bram Stoker fame. In 1611, she was tried - though, being a noblewom...

No Picnic In Sight

Upon being diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, I saw the reality behind the greatest myth of mental illness, the myth that The Victim Is Unaware of His or Her Own Condition. A childhood flo...

The 5 Hindrances of the Mind: Are They Blocking Your Self-Esteem?

The mind and its relation to self-esteem issues

A Jungian Approach to Mental Illness

All of us suffer from some form of emotional distress at some stage. Some forms of distress can last longer than they should and may significantly impair our everyday functioning. If this persists, w...

Get Out of Jail Free: Stop Being Defensive

When Marcus and Sally first met they immediately felt like kindred spirits. Marcus was generally warm and open. But as their relationship continued, Sally noticed that sometimes when he was upset he ...

I'm Sorry! Blame-Game or Accountability?

A powerful tool for health as we approach the new year can be to focus on giving and/or receiving only real apologies when we want to heal a rift with a family member, friend, or co-worker. We hear a...

The Joan of Arc Complex

Sometimes I think that I have a mental health problem and that at any minute the pharmaceutical companies are going to develop a cute little green star-shaped pill to cure me of my ailment. I call i...