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What I'm Reading (Dec. 7)

Let’s Eat Grandma – more than just an error in punctuation Take-out pizza Hospitals as Hotels Candy Land’s origin story

A new internal organ! Why is TV news wildly profitable? A Holiday Warning - making consumption easy Cash is King!

John Batchelor and I discuss the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the emergence of the Omicron EG.5 sub-variant and its impact. Among the ongoing challenges are viral evolution, testing difficulties, and the effectiveness of masks. I am critical of irresponsible personal behaviors and legislative attempts to prohibit mask and vaccine mandates. Continued precautions are important.

Anuses are like martinis. Some like 'em dry and some don't. And in the bathroom, a similar debate continues. Hardly a day goes by when the bidet vs. toilet paper war fails to rear its ugly head. This is only one more reason why ACSH – flush with newsworthy articles – is the place to go to learn about this and similarly vital issues. Buckle up.

Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) running solely on electricity are the cornerstone of the effort to reduce vehicular emissions. Prediction of electrical use and environmental benefit base their calculations on vehicle miles traveled (VMT), assuming that the number of miles driven with electrics is the same as those by conventional fossil-fueled vehicles (CV). A new study questions that assumption.

What I Am Reading Thanksgiving 2023

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What is our most important organ? Every time there was a new lecturer in medical school, they began by pointing out why their organ of interest was the most important. After all:

Can being one with nature harm nature? For Climate Change - Having your meat and eating it too. “VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. Advice from a bad mother

The Fourth Turning and Complexity Can a medication change our brain’s anatomy? Are colonoscopies helpful? Can the value of chicken soup be quantified?

VUCA? Race in science Pass the ammo Sushi and lateral transmission

Curiosity is the insatiable hunger for knowledge and understanding that fuels our exploration of the world. Each of us has curiosity to varying degrees, often for one topic more than another. Curiosity, as with many of our biological drives, has a dynamic quality: waxing and waning. Some researchers were curious.