BENEFITS OF ARGI + IN FERTILITY AND PREMATURE EJACULATION

L-arginine is very important for many processes in the testicles and penis can have a positive impact on the strength and mobility of sperm. Professor Frank Sommer

It has been directly proven that taking arginine supplements leads to better sperm development (both in more ejaculate, higher sperm count and better motility).1,2  

          The testicles need Arginine to produce spermin, a polyamine first discovered in human semen and now known to occur in almost all tissues. Spermin is concentrated particularly high in semen and is responsible for its characteristic smell and more importantly to stabilize and preserve the human DNA. It ensures the mobility of the sperm and plays an important role in cell division itself. A higher Arginine consumption therefore causes average ejaculate volume to increase.

         Researchers were able to prove in the 1970s that the supplementation of Arginine can help increase a reduced quantity (count) of sperm in the ejaculate 345. The dosages given to the subjects in these studies ranged between 4g and 8g per day.

Indirectly, arginine also leads to a better chance of pregnancy due to its strengthening of erections and thus the prospect of more frequent sexual intercourse. Arginine-produced NO regulates the rate of blood flow (vascularity) and consequently the supply of nutrients throughout the body.

            This regulation of blood vessels means that it is indispensable for healthy functioning arteries and circulation. Urologists recommend taking arginine in their dietary treatment of erectile dysfunction for this reason. It helps blood flow to the penis.To experience

the benefits of improved systemic vascularity (blood flow throughout the body) a minimum daily Arginine dose of 3000mg is required. Seeing the Urologist can be a very sobering experience for aspiring fathers. Especially, when they have

 5 REASONS WHY L-ARGININE IMPROVES FERTILITY IN MEN AND WOMEN 

Supplement by couples facing fertility issues. L-arginine is a semi essential amino acid used in a number of physiological functions. The body is able to make l-�arginine, though dietary intake is important for ensuring you have enough of this amino acid. Good dietary sources include nuts, lentils, kidney beans and fresh soybeans. Other dietary sources include egg yolk, meats and dairy products.

L-�arginine is important for optimum health, and is thought to protect against a number of health conditions.

L�-arginine is important for a strong immune system, and is also recommended for couples facing fertility issues. As well as eating a diet rich in the food sources mentioned above, you may wish to take a daily supplement to increase your l-�arginine intake. L-�arginine is thought to improve the reproductive health of both men and women because:

1. It increases blood circulation to the uterus, ovaries and genitals -� increased blood flow can improve reproductive health. L-�arginine allows for better blood circulation to the ovaries, allowing for optimum egg production. The increased blood flow to the uterus also creates a better environment to allow the implantation of a fertilized egg. Blood flow is important for the proper functioning of the reproductive organs, and may improve the chances of conception.

2. It increases Nitric Oxide levels �- L-arginine is used by the body to create Nitric Oxide (NO). Research has found that increased NO levels supports healthy inflammation levels which may help to prevent uterine fertility issues such as fibroids, endometriosis and PCOS. Inflammation is a contributing factor to a number of fertility issues shown to negatively impact conception and implantation.

3. Supports normal sperm production �- research has found that taking a l-�arginine supplement daily can increase sperm production in men. In the study, the effects were noticeable 6�-8 weeks from the start of supplementation. L-�arginine may also improve the motility of sperm, thus increasing the chance of conception in couples suffering from low sperm motility. Where IVF is used, l-�arginine can be used to improve the quality of sperm, increasing the the chance of achieving a fertilized egg.

4. Improve the production of cervical mucous -� the increased blood flow to the reproductive organs can aid in the production of cervical mucous. Abnormal mucous production contributes to the challenges faced by around 1 in 20 women dealing with fertility issues. Some women do not produce enough cervical mucous, and others produce a mucous that is too thick for sperm to travel through. L-arginine can encourage better production ofcervical mucous through improved blood flow.

5. Supports a healthy libido � �L-�arginine increases blood flow to the genitals in both men and women, leading to an increased libido. In men, increased blood flow to the penis can result in more frequent and sustained erections. L-�arginine is often suggested for men suffering from erectile dysfunction. In women, increased blood flow to the genitals can lead to increased sexual arousal and orgasm. A healthy libido plays an important role in conception.

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දේහයේ බර අයිස් වලින් අඩු කරගමු

ඔබ දන්නවාද ඔබ අයිස් ආහාරයට ගත් විට, අයිස් කියුබ් එකක් දහනය වීමට අවශ්‍ය ශක්ති ප්‍රමාණයට සමාන කැලරි ප්‍රමාණයක් දේහයේ දහනය වන බව. පුදුමයට පත්වෙන කරුණු වෙන්නෙ අයිස්, දේහයේ බර අඩු කිරීමට ඇති සුදුසුම ප්‍රධාන මෙවලමක් ලෙස යොදා ගැනීමට හැකි වීමයි.

විද්‍යාත්මක පරීක්‍ෂණ වලින් පෙන්වා දෙන කරුණ වන්නෙ අයිස් දේහයට ගැනීම තුලින් අපගේ දේහයේ මුලික පරිවෘතීය වේගය ඉහළ යන බවයි. මෙය සිදුවන්නෙ,ඔබ අයිස් ආහාරයට ගත්විට, ඔබගේ දේහයේ කැලරි දහනය වීම මෙන්ම හොඳ කැලරි දහනය වීම කියන ක්‍රියාවලි දෙකම ඔබට ලැබෙන නිසායි. ශීත කරන ලද ආහාර දේහයට ගත්විටද අපගේ දේහය එම ආහාර ජීරණය කිරීමේදී දේහ උෂ්ණත්වයට  එම ආහාර ගැනීමට අපගේ දේහයේම ශක්තිය භාවිතා කරනව. ඉතින් ඔබ අයිස් ලීටරයක පමණ අයිස් පරිබෝජනය කළහොත් ඔබගේ දේහයේ කැලරි 160ක් පමණ දහනය වනව. මෙම කැලරි ප්‍රමාණය  ප්‍රමාණය සමාන වනව ඔබ ඉතා මහන්සියෙන් සැතපුම් 1ක් දිවීමෙන් දහනය වන කැලරි ප්‍රමාණයට.

ඔබට දැන් ගැටළුවක් ඇතිවෙන්න පුළුවන් අයිස් ලීටර් 1ක් දිනකට ගැනීම සෞඛ්‍යයට හිතකරද කියල?  බිය වෙන්න එපා දිනකට අයිස් ලීටර් 1ක් ගැනීම ඔබගේ සෞඛ්‍යයට අහිතකර වෙන්නෙ නෑ. නමුත් එම ප්‍රමාණය ඉක්මවා යෑම ඔබගේ සෞඛ්‍යයට අහිතකරයි. ඉතා අධික ලෙස අයිස් ඔබගේ දේහයට ලබාගත හොත් ඔබගේ දේහයේ සමහර අවයව නිසියාකාරව ක්‍රියා කිරීම සිදු වන්නෙ නැතිවෙනව, දේහයේ උෂ්ණත්වය ගොඩක් පහල වැටිම හේතුවෙන්. ඒ වගේම කුඩා දරුවන් අයිස් භාවිතා කිරීමේදී ඔවුන්ගේ දේහ බරට අනුව අයිස් භාවිතා කල යුතු වෙනව. නැතහොත් එය ඔවුන්ගෙ මොලයට බලපෑම් ඇතිකළ හැකි වෙනව. බිය වෙන්න එපා ඉහත කරනා දුටු ගමන්, එවැනි දේ සිදු වන්නේ ඔබ ඉතා ඉක්මනින් බර අඩු කරගන්න කියල ඉතා විශාල අයිස් ප්‍රමානයක් දේහයට ගතහොත් පමණයි. ඒ වගේම කුඩා දරුවන්ගේ දේහය ගොඩක් සංවේදී බැවින් මෙවැනි ක්‍රම යෝග්‍යය වන්නේත් නෑ ඔවුන්ට. නිසියාකාරව මෙය සිදු කළහොත් ඔබට වඩාත් සාර්ථක ප්‍රතිඵල ලබාගැනීමට හැකිවෙන බව ස්ථිරයි.

"Rate your Supervisor" comes to High Energy Physics

A new website called the "HEP Postdoc Project" allows postdocs in high energy physics to rate their supervisors in categories like "friendliness," "expertise," and "accessibility."
I normally ignore emails that more or less explicitly ask me to advertise sites on my blog, but decided to make an exception for this one. It seems a hand-made project run by a small number of anonymous postdocs who

10 Years BackRe(action)

Yes, today marks the 10th anniversary of my first post on this blog.

I started blogging while I was in Santa Barbara, in a tiny fifth-floor office that slightly swayed with the occasional Earthquakes. I meant to write about postdoc-life in California, but ended up instead writing mostly about my research interests. Because, well, that's what I'm interested in. Sorry, California.

Those were

Noah's Nursery

For the longest time I always imagined what a nursery would look like.... if I ever had a child. I even wrote about it here after we started the adoption process back in 2014.

When we adopted Noah - I was looking forward to creating a space where he could play, learn & and enjoy. A few days ago we celebrated his Birthday & we also surprised him with his own little space. To be honest, it's a large space that is half my office & half his room. Some people may wonder how this could work....well, since he's on a schedule, I always know what comes next & it's easier to plan my days around his day.  Ok, so let me show you around Noah's room!  I have always loved the idea of neon lights, so I shopped around & quickly realized that neon vendors are very pricey!

So, we found another alternative from a company called Cool Neon. We got the one called High Bright Hella Phat. They actually offer EL Wires that glow when electricity is sent through, but not quite in the same way as neon. Meaning, you won't see it as much in the daylight, but as the sun goes down you'll start to see the neon-look! If you purchase this exact light, you would need the light... plus a driver which can also be bought on the Cool Neon site here. The most important thing to remember when creating your own sign is to measure how much you'd need. The wire doesn't bend easily so write whatever the letters are going to be on some paper. We decided to have it say "you are loved" - and our sign took about 20 feet of neon.


Another reason we chose Cool Neon is because it was very affordable, both battery & electrically operated, can be programmed to blink in patterns & doesn't take training to make the signage. The photos are of the sign in the afternoon - but this photo was brightened to show the neon-look a lot brighter. It isn't as bright as this during daytime. That is the only downfall. Eventually, I'd love to get this in actual neon so I can see it brightly during daylight!

Here is an awesome DIY on How-to-Make a Neon sign using the same El Wire we purchased. We are also happy that we got to collaborate with The Land of Nod for Noah's room. They sent some amazing items our way.  One of the items we wanted for his room were bookshelves... so we could place his collection of kids books. We opted for this straight & narrow book ledge in white from The Land of Nod.  It displays book covers so you can find them easily + you can also use it to display kids art or any wall hangings you may have!  We love how it looks on the wall!

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to have a son. Not sure why......I guess it was just my preference.  So, when I saw this 'Boys Rule' print, I wanted it for Noah's space. You can get one from Mini Learners. Thanks to my friend Sarah for gifting it to him. And how about these wooden bow Tie blocks? Adorable right? They're also from the Land of Nod. Noah loves biting on them.

Of course, a baby room must have an area rug that is comfy.  I first bought a wool rug...BIG mistake. It shed way too much, so I returned it.  This one is a soft trellis shag rug from Rugs USA & we love it! It's pretty thick already but we still went for the thickest rug pad from Rug Pads USA.

Here's Noah (above) inspecting the new space from his Babyletto crib. Below you'll see a similar name print to the ABC kids ones I used to sell in my shop. Well, this one was made by my cousin, it incorporates Noah's name throughout the Jeremiah 29:11 scripture. It's perfect. You'll also spot the blue Wobbly Stacker a popular little piece from The Land of Nod along with one of my mini-zebra prints! 

The silver vinyl star decals are such a HUGE part of his space. These removable stars are from Urban Walls and designed by Danielle Hardy. Thanks to Danielle, these are now part of his room. They were easy to put up, all you need is a soft, clean surface! The gray "pull up a pouf" is from Land of Nod & it mixes in with the space quite nicely. It's soft to the touch, but firm and comfy to sit on.

Toy storage is a big deal to us. I can't stand having baby toys all around the house. So, in order to contain them, we decided on the 3 bin palozza from The Land of Nod. As of right now, all his toys are stored away and he can easily access them.

The cutest Zebra Throw pillow sits nicely in his crib. 

This little wooden robot has parts that come off and are placed back on by magnets. Find him and BoConcept.

Below: Here he is when we surprised him on his birthday with his new space! So grateful for moments like these.

 I hope Noah's new space will INSPIRE you to create something beautiful for your baby!

-post & photos by jen ramos

Too many anti-neutrinos: Evidence builds for new anomaly

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Tl;dr: A third experiment has reported an unexplained bump in the spectrum of reactor-produced anti-neutrinos. Speculations for the cause of the signal so far focus on incomplete nuclear fission models.

Neutrinos are the least understood of the known elementary particles, and they just presented physicists with a new puzzle. While monitoring the neutrino flux from nearby nuclear

Foods for Better Sex

ආහාර යනු ඔබ මා දිනපතා ගන්න දෛනික දෙයකි. එබැවින් ආහාර සතු ගුණාංග ඔබගේ සෞඛ්‍ය කෙරෙහි ඉතා ඍජුව බලපානව. ඔබ ගන්නා ඇතැම් ස්වභාවික ආහාර වලට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව ඔබගේ ලිංගික ශක්තිය නැතහොත් ලිංගික උත්තේජනය වැඩි කිරීමට. ලිංගිකව අවදියෙන් සිටිමට ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් හේතු වන්නෙ ශරීරයේ රුධිර සංසරණයයි. ඔබ ගන්න ආහාර වල ප්‍රෝටීන වල ඇති ඇමයිනෝ අම්ල ඔබගේ ලිංගික ජවය පවත්වා ගැනීමට බෙහෙවින් උපකාරී වෙනව. මේ ලබා දී තිබෙන ආහාර වර්ග ඔබගේ ලිංගික ශක්තිය මෙන්ම තම යහපත් සෞඛ්‍ය සඳහාද මහත් ලෙස උපකාරී වනව.

ප්‍රධාන වශයෙන් ලිංගික ශක්තිය වැඩි කරන ආහාර ලෙස, ස්ට්‍රෝබෙරි, දෙළුම්, සෝයා, මාළු, බෙල්ලන්, සුදුළුණු, අලිගැටපේර දැක්විය හැකියි. ඔබ දන්නවාද මාළු වල omega-3 මේද අම්ලය පවතින බව. මෙම මේද අම්ලය තමයි ලිංගික හෝර්මෝන වල තැනුම් ඒකකය වන්නෙ. මිට අමතරව විටමින් B-12 බහුලව අඩංගු ආහාර ලබාගැනීමද ලිංගික ශක්තිය වැඩි වීමට හේතු වනව. මිට අමතරව පැණිකොමඩු හා මිදි යන ආහාරද ඔබගේ ලිංගික ශක්තිය වැඩි කිරීමට උපකාරී වනව. මිදි යනු බෝරෝන් අයන අධික ආහාරයකි. බෝරෝන් අයන උපකාරී වනව, ඊස්ට්‍රජන් හා ටෙස්ටෙස්ටෙරෝන් යන ලිංගික හෝර්මෝන වර්ග දෙකම නිපදවීම සදහා. ඊස්ට්‍රජන් හෝර්මෝනය හේතු වනව කාන්තාවන්ගේ ලිංගික ආශාව වැඩි කිරීමට. ඒ වගේම ටෙස්ටෙස්ටෙරෝන් හෝර්මෝනය හේතුවන කාන්තාවන්ගේ මෙන්ම පුරුශ්‍යන්ගේද  ලිංගික ශක්තිය වැඩි කිරීමට.

මේ වගේ ස්වභාවික ආහාර වලින් හැකියාව පවතිනව ඔබව නිරෝගිමත් ලිංගික සවිබලය තිබෙන කෙනෙක් බවට පත් කිරීමට. ඒ වගේම තමා මෙම ස්වභාවික ආහාර කොපමණ ගත්තත් වැඩක් වෙන් නෑ ඔබ ලිංගික ශක්තිය මද කරන ආහාර පරිබෝජනය කරනව නම්. ඒ පිළිබද තොරතුරු ඊලග ලිපියෙන් ඔබ වෙත ගෙන එන්නම්

New Made By Girl ART + New Site!!

Hey everyone!! 

After not adding paintings to the online gallery for a couple months, I have now added some NEW  pieces including several (pre-framed) colors paintings!  I recently painted some art that was inspired by the GORGEOUS carpets I've seen in local shops along with the Morrocan style rugs I love so much! -  These new additions are currently listed as 'Rug Style' - and they have a slight abstract-feel to them.  I love beautiful, colorful rugs and thought this would be a great addition to my online gallery.  Hope you like them!!

NOTE: My apologies.....the pricing on some of the paintings was incorrect & higher than I had requested. Sorry!!!  - That was an accident & the true pricing is now listed for each painting!

p.s - for commissions and any custom pieces you'd like to have me to paint, please email me.

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Dear Dr Bee: Can LIGO�s gravitational wave detection tell us something about quantum gravity?

�I was hoping you could comment on the connection between
gravitational waves and gravitational quanta. From what I gather, the
observation of gravitational waves at LIGO do not really tell us anything about
the existence or properties of gravitons. Why should this be the case?�

~ Bobak Hashemi



�Can LIGO provide any experimental signature of quantum
gravity?�

~ Ervin Goldfain



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Kate Spade Home

Have you heard? 

Kate Spade launched a collection of Home decor items & it's super cute! I'm especially fond of the polka dot Downing Desk.  It's so chic & love how it also has three drawers with a lovely brass finish. As they say, pretty things increase productivity.  I agree. Working beautifully is something I enjoy doing. But a little more than I could spend on a desk at this time...but perhaps it would work well for you? Below are a few of my favorites from the Home collection, available directly on the Kate Spade site!

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What makes an idea worthy? An interview with Anthony Aguirre

That science works merely by testing hypotheses has never been less true than today. As data have become more precise and theories have become more successful, scientists have become increasingly careful in selecting hypotheses before even putting them to test. Commissioning an experiment for every odd idea would be an utter waste of time, not to mention money. But what makes an idea worthy?

Dark Neck

ඔබගේ බෙල්ලත් කළු පැහැ ගැන්වෙනවද?

කාන්තාවන්ට මෙන්ම පුරුෂයන්ටද මහත් පීඩාවක් ගෙන දෙන කාරණාවක් බවට බෙල්ලය පිටුපස කළු පැහැ ගැන්වීම පත් වී තිබෙනව. බෙල්ලය පිටු පස කළු පැහැ ගැන්වීමට විවිධ හේතු තිබෙනව. ඉන් ප්‍රධාන ඒවා ලෙස දියවැඩියාව, අවේණිකව පුද්ගලයාගෙන් පුද්ගලයාට හා තරබාරුකම දැක්විය හැකියි.  ඒ වගේම ශරීරයේ බෙල්ල ප්‍රදේශය අධික ලෙස හිරු රශ්මියට නිරාවරණය වීමත් මෙයට හේතු විය හැකිය. ඉතින් මේ කරදයෙන් බේරීමට ඔබට නිවසේදීම යොදාගත හැකි ස්වාභවික දෑ පවතිනව.

පිපිංඤ්ඤා

පිපිංඤ්ඤා වලට හැකියාව පවතිනව ඔබේ සම පිරිසුදු කර නැවත පැහැපත් බවක් සමට ලබා දීමට. සම මත ඇතිල්ලීම තුලින් සමේ මැරුණු සෛල ඉවත් කිරීමට හැකියාවක් පිපිංඣ්ඣ වලට සතු වනව.

• අඹරා ගත් පිපිංඤ්ඤා හෝ පිපිංඤ්ඤා යුෂ බෙල්ලේ කළු පැහැ ගැන්වී ඇති තැන් වලට යොදන්න.
• විනාඩි 15ක් පමණ තිබෙන්නට හැර ඉතා පරිස්සමින් අතුල්ලා ජලයෙන් සෝදා දමන්න.

දෙහි යුෂ

දෙහි වල අඩංගු සිට්ට්‍රික් අම්ලය , ස්වභාවික පැහැපත් කාරකයක් වනව. ඔබට සංවේදී සමක් පවතීනම්, තනුකකරණ  ලද දෙහි යුෂ භාවිතා කිරීමට ඔබට සිදු වෙනව.

• Cotton ball එකක් ආධාරයෙන් දෙහි යුෂ ඔබගේ බෙල්ලේ පිටුපස ගලවන්න.
• විනාඩි 10ත් 20ත් අතර කාලයක් එය තිබෙන්නට හැර ජලයෙන් සෝදා හරින්න.
• හොදින් වග බලා  ගන්න දෙහි යුෂ ගැල්වූ පසු සුළු වෙලාවල් වනතෙක් හිරු රශ්මියට බෙල්ල නිරාවරනය නොවීමට.

මි පැණි සහ තත්කාලී

මි පැණි වලට ඔබේ සම පැහැපත් කිරීමට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව. ඒ වගේම එය ස්වභාවික තෙතමනකාරකයක් (moisturizer) ද වෙනව. තත්කාලී වල පවතින අම්ල වලට හැකියවක් පවතිනව ඔබේ සමේ කළු පැහැය ඉවත් කර සම පැහැපත් කිරීමට.

• මී පැණි සහ තත්කාලී යුෂ හොදින් මිශ්‍ර කර බෙල්ලේ කළු පැහැ ගැන්වූ තැන් වල ගලවන්න.
• මිශ්‍රණය ගල්වා විනාඩි   20ක් පමණ තිබෙන්නට හැර ජලයෙන් සෝදා දමන්න.
• දිනපතා මෙය ගැල්වීම තුලින් ඉක්මන් ප්‍රතිඵල ලබා ගැනීමට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව.

කෝමාරිකා

කෝමාරිකා යනු සමෙහි ස්වභාවික පැහැපත් කාරකයක් හා සමෙහි ස්වභාවික  තෙතමනකාරකයක්ය. කෝමාරිකාද බෙල්ලය පිටුපස කළු පැහැ ගැන්වීමට යොදාගත හැකි ප්‍රතිකාකයකි.

කෝමාරිකා වල ජෙලි ගතියකින් යුක්ත කෝමාරිකා යුෂය බෙල්ලෙහි කළු පැහැ ගැන්වී ඇති තැන් වල තවරන්න.

• මිනිත්තු 20ක් පමණ තිබෙන්නට හැර ගැලවූ කෝමාරිකා සෝදා දමන්න.
• දිනපතා කෝමාරිකා ගැල්වීම තුලින් වඩාත් වේගවත් ප්‍රතිඵල ලබා ගත හැකිය.

යෝගට්

යෝගට් වලට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව සම පිරිසිදු කිරීමට. ඒ වගේම එහි තිබෙන අඩු ආම්ලිකතාවයකින් යුකත අම්ල වලට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව සම පැහැපත් කිරීමට. ඒ වගේම යෝගට් සමේ තෙතමනකාරකයක් ලෙස යොදා ගැනීමට හැකියාවක් පවතිනව.

• විනාඩි 10-15ත් අතර කාලයක් බෙල්ලේ කළු පැහැ ගැන්වී ඇති තැන් වල යෝගට් තවරා තිබෙන්නට හැර ජලයෙන් සෝදා දමන්න.

මේ කිසිදෙයක් කරත් වැඩක් නෑ තමන් තම පවිත්‍රතාවය පිලිබඳ සැලකිලිමත් වුනේ නැත්තම්. ඒ නිසා පිරිසිදු කම මුල්තැනට මුල්තැන දී මෙම ප්‍රතිකාරයන් වලට යෙදුනොත් ඔබට වඩාත් ඵලදායී ප්‍රතිඵල ලබා ගැනීමට හැකි වෙනව.

Everything you need to know about gravitational waves

Last year in September, upgrades of the gravitational wave interferometer LIGO were completed. The experiment � now named advanced LIGO � searches for gravitational waves emitted in the merger of two black holes. Such a merger signal should fall straight into advanced LIGOs reach.



Estimated gravitational wave spectrum. [Image Source]



It was thus expected that the upgraded experiment

Guys: How-To gift your woman Beauty Products

I always find that beauty products make great gifts, but people don't often gift them.  My husband rarely gets me makeup, unless I request it...but if I told him to guess, I'm sure he would have a pretty good idea of what to get.  So, guys....if you don't know anything about make-up (don't feel so bad, most men don't) there are many different ways to find out what your gal would love beauty-wise.  My suggestion would be: 

• Take note of the beauty products your gal currently uses daily.  
• See if anything is running low. 
• You can also discretely ask how she likes a certain product she is using...or ask what it's for. 
• Ask her what her favorite shades are if you're thinking of gifting lipstick.  
• Be creative, add a box of luxurious chocolates with your gift!  My suggestion would be Vosges luxury truffles. 

In the meanwhile, you can also just try something new & gift her either of these beauty items I've suggested below. Of course the Voges bon bons are a must and the candles, why not? Up your romance game with some delicious scents from DL & CO! Always my favorite!! 

  

epionce lytic sport tx

lancome

DL & CO candles 

the problem solver sculptor sponge

nars precision lip brush 

eve lom foundation brush

vosges chocolate bon bon 

may lindstrom the problem solver

 
-post by jen ramos

Much Ado around Nothing: The Cosmological non-Constant Problem

Tl;dr: Researchers put forward a theoretical argument that new physics must appear at energies much lower than commonly thought, barely beyond the reach of the LHC.
The cosmological constant is the worst-ever prediction of quantum field theory, infamously off by 120 orders of magnitude. And as if that wasn�t embarrassing enough, this gives rise to, not one, but three problems: Why is the

Me, Elsewhere

I'm back from my trip. Here are some things that prevented me from more substantial blogging:


I wrote an article for Aeon, "The superfluid Universe," which just appeared. For a somewhat more technical summary, see this earlier blogpost.
I did a Q&A with John The-End-of-Science Horgan, which was fun. I disagree with him on many things, but I admire his writing. He is infallibly skeptic and

VALENTINES Day Gift Ideas

Another year, another Valentine's Day.

We have made our V-day dinner reservations and I am DEF looking forward to a romantic night alone with my husband.  In the meanwhile, for those of you looking to buy your lady a gift, I've gathered (10) items I'm sure she'll be excited about!

Take notes fellas. XO

 

1.  feminin pouch by clare vivier

2. Olivine Atelier 'You Are Loved' set

3. heart dish via kate spade

4. heart & arrow stackable rings by kate spade

4. 'walk on air' perfume via kate spade

6. lollia hand cream via anthropologie

7. cedar street passpoprt holder via kate spade

8. rouge volupte shine by 'yves saint laurent' via neiman marcus

9. emmie flats via kate spade

10. pearl place rosebowl vase by kate spade

P.S. Don't forget romance. Write a short poem and attach it to your gift! XO

-first image via dana boulos
-post by jen ramos