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Why do we need vitamins?

First of all, what are vitamins? They are substances which are necessary to life, and they are produced by various plants and animals. Everybody must have these vitamins in their diet regularly to enable the body cells to grow and repair themselves. Although scientists have long and complicated names for vitamins, we know them best by their simple letters, A, …

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Onora O’Neill

Onora O’Neill — Onora Sylvia O’Neill, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve CH CBE FBA FRS (born 23 August 1941) is a philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Onora O’Neill, studied philosophy, psychology and physiology at Oxford University, and pursued a doctorate at Harvard. She is a former professor of philosophy and served as the Principal of Newnham College, …

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Why Do We Have Wrinkly Fingers After Swimming?

You’ve been playing in the pool for almost an hour now, practicing your best underwater somersaults. Now it’s time to get out, and as you look at your hands, it’s . . . it’s . . . it’s the attack of the wrinkly fingered monster! Don’t get frightened or run for cover under your towel yet. After spending lots of …

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Why Do We Get Hiccups?

Hic! You’ve just hiccuped for what seems like the tenth time since you finished your big dinner. Wonder where these funny noises are coming from? The part to blame is your diaphragm, a dome-shaped muscle at the bottom of your chest, and all hiccups start here. The diaphragm almost always works perfectly. It pulls down when you inhale to help …

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Omid Kordestani

Omid Kordestani — Omid R. Kordestani (born 1963, Persian‎) is an Iranian-American businessman who works as Chief Business Officer at Google. He was previously senior advisor at Google’s Office of the CEO and Founders. and serves as Non-Executive Director at Vodafone. Kordestani was the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google until he stepped down on …

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