Swishing coconut oil or other vegetable oils in your mouth for about 20 minutes has been touted as a remedy for oral health problems like swollen gums. The action of such oils that is rich in Vitamin E, an antioxidant, which also has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties is to "remove the toxins" from your mouth. As with most quackery, this technique too dates back to a … [Read more...] about Oil Pulling For Oral Health
What different religions say about the LGBT+ community
LGBT continues to be a contentious matter for several major religions of the world. A few religions have stringent preaching against homosexual and bisexual activities. Some religions are relatively less stringent. Very few religions have warmly welcomed the LGBT community around the world. Mythologies have had many LGBT characters and religions are varyingly connected to such … [Read more...] about What different religions say about the LGBT+ community
Cryonics can show you the unimaginable future… probably
January 12th of every year is observed as James Bedford day. James Bedford was the first man whose body was cryopreserved after his legal death. And here I was thinking that Applied Cryogenics, the place where Fry gets himself frozen in Futurama was just good fiction. I'm talking about companies like Alcor and the Cryonics Institute, of course. We've all heard the … [Read more...] about Cryonics can show you the unimaginable future… probably
Google Pixel 3a/XL – Redefining mid-range
Google seems to be attempting a return to the Nexus era with the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL. A lot has changed in the smartphone industry since the last Nexus was released and Google has been on top of it all. Despite that, it seems they are incapable of invoking that warm Nexus feeling among its user base. Even die-hard Pixel users will agree that apart from the audio jack … [Read more...] about Google Pixel 3a/XL – Redefining mid-range
Dropping vowels doesn’t make you dope
I scratched my head long and hard the other day trying to remember if 'custodian' starts with a 'c' or a 'q'. It's 'c', by the way. But I understand, if like me, you too were confused for a second. Deliberately misspelling names, dropping vowels and adding unnecessary -fy, -me, -ly, etc is all part of modern-day "branding." There is nothing more annoying to me than reading … [Read more...] about Dropping vowels doesn’t make you dope