Author: alex.berezow
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Dear Potheads, Stop Poisoning Your Pets
Your newfound freedom comes with the price of greater responsibility.
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Zebras Have Stripes to Avoid Flies, Not Lions
This article was originally posted on RealClearScience. It’s dangerous being a zebra. These ungulates, which graze on the plains (as well as mountains and grasslands) of Africa, face many existential threats. For instance, the very act of eating grass can be lethal, as anthrax spores reside in the soil. Ingesting these spores can lead to…
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End the Hype over Epigenetics & Lamarckian Evolution
The concept of Lamarckian evolution may once again return to the grave.
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How Do Babies Get Milk Out of Breasts?
Babies suck.
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China’s Disastrous One-Child Policy
China’s one-child policy created a generation of “little emperors,” an inversion of the age pyramid, and skewed gender ratios.
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Suppress Your Horrible Childhood Memories
Go ahead and suppress all those horrible childhood memories you have of being bullied on the playground or accidentally walking in on your parents. It might just work.
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Diagnosing Infections with Sunlight & an iPhone
A very clever invention!
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30,000-Year-Old Virus Revived, Infects Amoeba
After poking around in the Siberian permafrost, a team of French and Russian scientists have reported the discovery of a third giant amoeba-infecting virus.
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Do Catholics Think I’m a Nazi?
Godwin’s Law ought to be enshrined next to Newton’s Laws or Kepler’s Laws for all posterity.
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How Does the Plague Kill People?
Every year, about seven Americans come down with plague. Yes, that plague, the one known as Black Death and which wiped out about one-third of Europe’s population in the mid-1300s.