Funky chicken

Funky chicken

Earlier in October, the USDA figured out where people were getting a nasty kind of salmonella. It’s resistant to many antibiotics. So far, 338 cases have been reported, and 40% of those people had to be hospitalized. It’s called Salmonella Heidelberg. They...
Urban what was that?

Urban what was that?

Scientific American has many blogs in various scientific fields. One is The Urban Scientist, by Danielle N. Lee, a biologist specializing in the excellent fields of animal behavior, mammalogy, and urban ecology. She has blogged about her fieldwork in Tanzania with...
Moving right along!

Moving right along!

Fox News Network is alternating between interpreting the current government shutdown as a lovely “slimdown” and as President Obama tormenting the people of the United States. They’re not treating it as anything the Republican Party has any responsibility for. In...
Going viral

Going viral

Long-awaited vacation. Overnight flight, US to Europe. Every seat taken. The adventure begins. A man I shall call Mr. Sumac stands to let another passenger take an assigned seat next to him. This passenger, a man I call Typhoid Cretin, says (to the best of Mr....

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