Annegret Raunigk of Berlin, Germany is sixty-five, and she decided that having a baby would be just the thing. It’s not that Raunigk lacked for children; she’s got thirteen (by five different fathers), and the youngest is nine. Not to … Continue reading →
What’s the Gompertz Law?: What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year? Try to put a number to it ”” 1 in 100? 1 in 10,000? Whatever it is, it will be twice … Continue reading →
Sometimes several things, actually. For instance, I’ve learned quite a bit already today from this article. Let’s see if I can summarize: (1) The Hill has taken to calling unaccompanied children who have arrived in this country illegally “unaccompanied immigrant … Continue reading →
The motivations behind the extraordinarily destructive act of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz remain a mystery. We know a little more about him, though—the most salient fact so far being that investigators found a torn-up “doctor’s note that called for him … Continue reading →
I’ve always been a night owl. It’s gotten more extreme as I’ve gotten older, and I’m beginning to think I have DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome), a condition about which I’d never heard until I read this article. It was … Continue reading →
It is ironic that the success of modern vaccination programs against ancient scourges such as measles has been part of the reason parents today are so ignorant about what these diseases can do. A recent outbreak in California has demonstrated … Continue reading →
…really, the guy seems to be highly addicted to nicotine. I would guess he still smokes cigarettes in private, too, “occasionally” or even more frequently, because his need for Nicorette gum when he can’t go near a ciggy seems to … Continue reading →
Years ago when I was in college, I took a class where I learned about sickle cell anemia and sickle cell trait, as well as thalassemia major and minor. They seemed awesome examples of the way heredity works: inherited defects … Continue reading →
…because I know how it’s possible to fall flat on your face while exercising. I did it, and here’s the tale of how it happened. Two and a half years later you wouldn’t know it from looking at me, although … Continue reading →
This just may be the most depressing non-political news I’ve had so far in 2015: just how easy it is to reach a grand total of 2000 calories at most restaurants. An example: Considering that I gain weight if I … Continue reading →
Eat up on those sprinkles for the next two days, they’re going the way of other trans fats: …[T]he federal ubernannies have decreed that sprinkles should no longer adorn kids’ ice cream because they contain the trans fat that liberal … Continue reading →
The good news is that, despite reports that people gain as much as 5 to 10 pounds during the holidays, the average person “only” gains .81 pounds. The bad news is that they never, ever, lose it.
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