Category: General Science
This is so awesome! Women in New York can now be fairly compensated for donating their eggs for stem-cell research! WHOOOO! With the exception for near-sightedness, a sweet tooth, and a 'bad attitude', my family doesnt have a history of...
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Category: General Science
Anti-GMOers are scared of everything. Not just franken-food and microwaves.
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Posted by ERV at 1:00 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: General Science
TEHY BE PUDDING CANKER VIRUS IN MAH FISH FUD! OH MAH GAAAAAAWD!
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Category: Skepticism/Critical Thinking
ERV does not have a monopoly on teh crazy. Pal really reels them in with his chronic lyme disease posts, and now, evidently, chiro-woo. I could not have made up this post from 'Dr. Howard Boos' if I had tried....
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Category: ERVs
Weird science fact of the day: Girl birds only have a left ovary. The right one kinda develops, and then regresses. Left ovary is the only one that works. All birds.Wait... what? What the hell? What kind of evolutionary weirdness...
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Category: General Science
Can you infect an entire city with just one sneeze?
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Category: Creationism
There is nothing wrong with not knowing something. I dont know lots of stuff. You dont know lots of stuff. Its okay-- we share knowledge with each other. I dont *have* to be an expert in car repair. I dont...
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Posted by ERV at 1:45 PM • 90 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Virology
Zincs connection to the common cold isnt as wooie as you all might be thinking after this weeks Zicamscepade (cough, sniffle). Though Zicam was marketed as a 'homeopathic' remedy, zinc-->common cold connection wasnt established by some naked sweaty white guy...
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Category: Skepticism/Critical Thinking
Have we talked about the anti-aging roid-ragers on SciBlogs?
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Category: Pop Culture
Season 2 of True Blood starts tonight. Excuse me for a moment. *ahem* EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! *giddyclappingandgiggling* Now before you roll your eyes and ask 'What the hell is up with vampires these days? Is 'True Blood' just a slightly less pathetic...
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