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Besides loneliness and... Mars! |
Loneliness may disrupt sleep, HPV vaccine for boys, and let's fix Mars!
• Loneliness may disrupt sleep.
 A new study shows that people who feel lonely are more likely to wake up during the night and have fragmented sleep. Study results may help explain why loneliness is associated with ill health effects.
 Read » [webmd.com]
• HPV vaccine for boys? Yes!
 A government panel now recommends that the vaccine against human papillomavirus should be routinely given to boys as well as girls. Our question is: What took so long?
Read » [sacbee.com]
• Let's fix Mars.
For humans to survive and thrive on Mars, we need to change three things. First, the air pressure. Mars already has an atmosphere, but it's sparse. On Earth the air pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars. On Mars the mean atmospheric pressure is a paltry six millibars, way too low for human survival. Next: Temperature. The mean surface temperature on Mars is -63o Celsius, with lows perhaps reaching-140o C. Antarctica is cold. Mars is really, really cold. Finally, the atmospheric composition. Earth's air is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, with traces of argon and carbon dioxide. The Martian atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen and 1.6% argon, with traces of oxygen and methane. If you happen to be an oxygen-breather, you can see the problem here.
Read » [lightspeedmagazine.com]
Author: Pesc Spad, for AZ10.com ~ 2 Nov 2011
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