Super-natural fears

Super Natural II—a database of natural products

Natural products play a significant role in drug discovery and development. Many topological pharmacophore patterns are common between natural products and commercial drugs. A better understanding of the specific physicochemical and structural features of natural products is important for corresponding drug development. Several encyclopedias of natural compounds have been composed, but the info...

Dealing with Futile Fears

بدون ترس شانس کمتری برای رسیدن به دوران تکاملی داریم. ترس منطقی به ما می گوید که از چه چیز پرهیز کنیم، به ما کمک می کند که با مشکلات روبرو شویم و ما را در مقابل خطرات حقبقی محافظت می کند. در طرف دیگر آن نوع ترس هائی که از مقوله ترسهای مرضی است، غیرمنطقی می باشد و آثار فیزیکی و روحی بی شماری را باعث می گردد.

Childhood Fears

G20 fears

37 per cent of all human-induced methane, which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 per cent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain. Livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface, the report says, mostly on permanent pasture but also including 33 per cent of the global arable land — used to produce feed for livestock, the report ...

Jab fears

Antarctic summer saw the largest ship ever visit Antarctica: the Star Princess with 3,500 passengers and crew sailed amongst humpback whales and colonies of gentoo penguins. But, at a meeting this month in New Zealand of the treaty nations, several regulations are expected to be tightened for the southern high latitudes with knock-on effects for the Arctic. The meeting may also finally prohibit...