Random Analogies

"The stomach is like a food blender. It makes a milky. mixture called chyme by breaking food into smaller pieces."

In Metabolic studies, scientist want to follow the flow of molecules. So, the animals or cells used in these types of studies are grown with radioactive media. Sometime the nitrogen is radioactive, sometimes it's carbon and sometimes it's sulfur. Steven Spielberg wanted the audience to be able to follow the life of one of the victims in this movie, so he colored the little girl in red so that her life and death could easily be followed.

"We're the Lancet Commission on Public Health and Climate, a group of medical doctors, climate scientists, economists and energy experts that have recently released a major report on our policy options for reducing the health impacts of climate change. Formally titled Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health, this report not only details the many different ways global warming is a medical emergency, but more importantly it lays out some of our options for confronting this crisis."