I do research too. Part of my research is paid for by public grants, part is paid for by companies who want me to test their (patented) products. I much prefer the public grant model, and I think research in important industries like health and agriculture should be mostly done publicly. But that's not the case now, and it's only heading towards less public funding. The cost for that is patents and proprietary techniques. You can't have it both ways.

When most people say "processed food" they really mean "engineered food". Bread is processed, yes, but so is cooked meat, and there's A reasonable theory that the Invention of cooking made food more easily digestible, freeing up energy to evolve our big brains in the first place.

There's also evidence that prepared food that is literally engineered to be as cheap as possible, taste good and make you want more, may not be so good for you.

It would be interesting to see what we came up with if a significant number of people knew that working on things they're interested in was a viable choice. You could also no longer use the excuse "but I have to eat" for doing unethical things at the behest of your employer. Which is why it will probably never happen.

If they have access to venture capital or stock market funding, they're the big boys. The only reason for pre-ordering is to provide capital for the little guys who can't get it from somewhere else.

Carbohydrates are also essential to the diet, particularly for the brain. Many tissues in your body are reasonably happy burning a variety of things, but your brain likes it's glucose very much. You can't just eliminate or seriously restrict a nutrient and not have negative consequences.

The problem is that many people have diets that are wildly skewed. They may eat too little fat and too much carbohydrate. Or too much fat and carbohydrate and too little protein and micronutrients.

Sounds like most workplaces, actually. Except for the exercise wheel.

If your wife was "sensitive" the neighbours having mayo in their fridge, you might have a slightly different opinion.

Do they like rock and roll or classical better? Porn or reruns of I Love Lucy?

Cells may respond to particular frequencies more than others. They don't give a shit if it's modulated or not.

You cannot hear EM signals. You may be able to some high frequency sounds from poorly made electronics that most older people can't anymore. On the other hand, you may have tinnitus.

Easily detected with proper longitudinal analysis.

On average, research has shown that women are more likely to believe in things without evidence: religion, fortune tellers, superstitions, the inner goodness of their family members. There's no real evidence about whether it's genetic or the product of their upbringing.

The treatment for phobia is exposure therapy. If anything the current societal strategy of sheltering people is making mentally ill people with phobias worse.

Yes and no. Separation of sea and sky would be the final step if you interpret land forming to mean hardening. However, after the seas formed, there was a second period of dry land forming, in which it emerged from underneath the oceans. So depending on which dry land formation you're talking about, the order of those two could be correct.

The timing of the creation of day and night is, indeed, dubious, but... when did the moon actually collide with Earth and form what we know as the moon today, in terms of geological time?

Maybe those companies should try on-the-job training like every other industry....

Paper in landfills probably isn't such a good idea because that land tends to be close to cities and thus at a premium. Bury it in old mines or sink it in the ocean instead.