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Bathing, but Not Alone
By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: September 14, 2009

There are some things it is better just not to think about. Like the 10,000 bacteria you inhale with each breath in the average office building. Or the 10 million bacteria in each glass of tap water. Microbiologists have now added something else to the list of things too gross to contemplate: the deluge of bacteria that hit your face and flow deep into your lungs in the morning shower. More

A Sore Shoulder Around the World

One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D.
Published: September 14, 2009

With all due respect to the seminar room, the boardroom, the hearing room and the Oval Office, a better vantage point than any of them for evaluating and redesigning our health care system is the hospital room (window bed, please). More

O Lithium, Lithium! Wherefore art thou Lithium?

Pursuing a Battery So Electric Vehicles Can Go the Extra Miles
By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: September 14, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A future generation lithium-air battery might be the much sought after power source for electric vehicles with ranges that match gasoline powered cars of today. More

Palindromes and Sex! Wot more could you ask for?

New Clues to Sex Anomalies in How Y Chromosomes Are Copied
By NICHOLAS WADE
Published: September 14, 2009

The first words ever spoken, so fable holds, were a palindrome and an introduction: “Madam, I’m Adam.” More

Filthy Pictures

Wingnut Healthcare O! Shiny! Cat Toys

Cat toys for humans:

• Tort Reform is an important element of health care reform


• Illegal immigrants/brown skins will get free health care

This is distraction. It works well on cats and most humans. Use a shiny 1% point on a stick to distract everybody's attention from the 99% that's the problem.

We can't fix anything because Tort Reform is the source of all evil in health care!

We can't fix anything because illegal brown skinned immigrants will get free health care too! O! Noes!

The laser pointer goes up and down...

Attn Barack Obama: A guide to dealing with kindergarten bullies

On November 4th 2008, young people propelled President Obama to victory with a clear mandate to advance a progressive agenda. Unfortunately things have not been going as well as we would have hoped. Right wing bullies, led by the deranged Glenn Beck, have been relentlessly pushing Obama and congressional Democrats around like kids in a playground. From delaying health care reform to the recent resignations of key progressives in the administration, our new found hopes are rapidly reverting to distant dreams. More

Da Lake Pictures Go Bad

My lake picture links/stack widget on here ain't working, so they're up on Facebook, but not here. Fixing later.

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