Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

HMM:

HMM: The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Suggests Key Differences. “We found that, on the whole, those who made it to their hundredth birthday tended to have lower levels of glucose, creatinine and uric acid from their sixties onwards.”

But could we extend lives by driving those down? Or are they just markers for some other process that’s going on?

ANYTHING TO HELP THE SAGGING BIRTHRATE: Why Alcohol, Not Cannabis, Is Fueling Surprise Pregnancies in Young Women. “According to a new study, women who strongly wanted to avoid pregnancy were significantly more likely to become pregnant if they engaged in heavy drinking.”

In vino, veritas. At some level, are these “undesired” pregnancies really undesired?

THE WNBA MUST BE PROTECTED FROM MOCKERY:

THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT, THEIR WORDS DON’T MATTER ANYMORE: