Category: Science
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Thursday Worse than Politics Open Comments
I was waiting for this, but it sends chills up and down my spine. …we could lose a century of progress and find ourselves dying in the millions from tuberculosis, just like our 19th-century ancestors. I was exposed to TB as a child, and had to have lung x-rays every year until I went to…
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Wednesday Solar Flare Open Comments
Well, the solar flare has erupted, and we are both cursed and blessed by the event: Airlines have rerouted flights, NASA had some safety calculations to do, and satellite owners/operators chewed a few nails. But it’s scenes like this that make me wish I had a ticket to the northern climes. Here’s a video of…
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Friday “Discover Yourself” Open Comments
I came across this interesting website. I like to read almost everything science, and especially items about the human body. My favorite column in Discover magazine is “Vital Signs,” which is kind of like “House” but without the misogyny or ill-tempered curmudgeon. As far as what’s on the site, I had no idea I generated…