I keep reading that Helicobactor pylori causes ulcers. That’s supposed to be an improvement on the old idea that it might be stress, or diet, or some unknown factor that leads to the condition. But it’s actually not correct. The … Continue reading →
Wow. Just wow.
Continue reading →…BIG black holes.
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Continue reading →Is this one of those cases where the sequel will be better than the original? Or will it just go down the rabbit hole? The NY Times is doing its best to assure that, with an article whose thrust is … Continue reading →
…(and I wonder if anyone else does, either). But it seems potentially important, not to mention “beautiful in its simplicity.”
Continue reading →Even his doctor doesn’t know for sure. In some ways the news that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has stopped recommending routine prostate cancer screening through the mechanism of the PSA blood test mirrors the same group’s finding in … Continue reading →
James and Daniel Kelly are fraternal twins, two handsome young men who live in England. Unlike identical twins, fraternal twins are genetically no more similar than any two siblings of the same parents; they just happen to be the result … Continue reading →
I guess (sniffle; sigh) neither Rick Perry nor Barack Obama read neo-neocon at PJ, although Obama may be a secret Thomas Friedman fan. Here’s an excerpt from my PJ article of 9/18 [emphasis mine]: Thomas Friedman of the New York … Continue reading →
Scientists at CERN are astounded to report that they have recorded neutrinos that travel faster than the speed of light, long thought to be a constant that defined the upper limits possible for speed in the universe: “We have high … Continue reading →
Very good indeed. The human mind is still pretty ingenious.
Continue reading →I’ve got an article at PJ about all of the above.
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