Garlic more than just delicious?

Garlic could very well be gaining popularity, and not just because Italian food is delicious. A new study shows that a compound in garlic could be up to 100 times more effective than common antibiotics against bacteria that cause most intestinal illness. This research could very well revolutionize the sanitation industry for the better, as nature shows us yet again that biodiversity allows us to solve even our cultures problems with less embodied energy, thus cheaper more effective societal implementation.

Pesticides cause birth defects.. shocking? I think not

Pesticides being harmful to life is hardly a shocking realization, after all that's what they were designed to do. Yet more research has concluded that children whose mothers are exposed to common pesticides while pregnant develop brain abnormalities directly correlating to the amount of prenatal exposure. It seems quite strange to me that after all the information that has come to light of the dangers to ecosystem health, biodiversity, and human health that using organophosphate pesticides is still as wide spread. If people refuse to demand a change to "business as usual" because of ecological ignorance , then hopefully the fact that unborn children are being mutated by corporate pest control will cause a outcry.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120501/9728/pesticide-insecticide-cpf-chlorpyrifos-agriculture-epa.htm

A new study finds that females sexual selection is driving male evolution rapidly in characteristics like social skills, and attractiveness. I find it quite interesting when science delves into the central areas of day to day life in human society, this study was truly fascinating. European researchers found that because men have a longer period of sexual productivity, they sight attractiveness as a likely factor in determining which males go on to produce offspring with multiple females. Males with one female partner produced on average 5 children, while men with four female partners produced on average 7.5. So while being an 'unattractive man' (not sure what you ladies find attractive) doesn't mean you wont contribute towards our species evolution and gene pool in the future; it does mean your offspring will be more likely to reproduce with the offspring of 'attractive man' (whatever that may be).
On the flip side, females invest more energy into reproduction than men, adding also that their reproductive time is shorter, the fact that a male already has offspring is less of a consideration for sexual attractiveness. Looking at all these things combined paints a clear picture of how females are driving males rapidly (on an evolutionary scale) to become more attractive.

If you find all of this hard to believe, check this out.. HIS name is Andrej Pejic. Quite a clever push-up bra add in my opinion since Mr. Pejic is a skinny man, clearly it works.

Thinking about all of this in terms of Ishmael haha.. kind of a stretch.. but it does make me more aware of the loss of bio-diversity among our own species. If characteristics such as attractiveness are playing huge role in the physical evolution, how did events like the Great Death influence our species as a whole.

This study is interesting mainly because it shows the connection between things that we attribute to our 'humanity' or society, and biological theories. I think this type of thinking is extremely important to understand where we are as a society, and where we need to be. It shows we have a lot to learn about even things that we spend nearly our whole lives thinking about.