The superlatives in our bodies are endless. Each of us has 5 million hair follicles, about 100,000 of them on the head: with some people having more than others. Blondes have about 150,000; those with black or brown hair about 100,000, and redheads or those with auburn hair about 90,000. Hair can continue to grow …
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We have made tremendous advances in computing over the last thirty years or so. Today, a home computer has more memory than that of a huge main frame computer which needed an entire storeyed office building to house it about 30 years ago. And the humble mobile phone now sports more memory than that available …
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Many car manufacturers boast in their advertisements of how well made their cars are; how infrequently they need servicing. Many cars now require servicing once a year, or every 20,000 miles (30,000 kilometers) ‘whichever comes first’. A famous battery maker advertises on television how many more lives their batteries have, compared with the opposition. …
It was the great psychologist, Carl Jung who observed that: “Life really does begin at 40. Up until then, you are just doing research.” Of course, life today is not what it was in his time, and throughout human history there have been generational differences in both our bodies and how we live. Middle age …
