PacSci Blog If you’ve ever thought that you can get by on less than five hours of sleep a night, then you are among the many who believe in one of the biggest myths about sleep. Five hours is not enough and there’s good scientific evidence to support that...
PacSci Perspectives Humans need to do a better job of washing their hands before meals. That’s the gist of a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to this new research, “when it comes to handwashing before meals, consumers are...
PacSci Perspectives A brand new exhibit at Pacific Science Center shines some light on a longstanding human practice: eating bugs and other creepy crawly critters. The idea is not to share some of residents creatures with our Guests. No, the idea is to let our...
PacSci Perspectives Have you ever wondered why we sleep? Sleep is as important for life as food and water. Humans and other animals sleep every day, yet the function of sleep is one of the biggest mysteries in biology. When I was little, I was fascinated by...
PacSci Perspectives Fifty years ago, radiologists learned to diagnose many medical conditions by injecting dye into a patient’s bloodstream and using X-rays to pinpoint the problem. Then pioneering radiologist Charles Dotter asked, “If we can find it,...
