Merry Monday. Lots of links for you. Science:
Newsweek in 1995: Why the Internet will Fail.
Pound for pound, bats can drink you under the table
The truth matters
Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics
The Attack on Climate-Change Science: Why It's the O.J. Moment of the Twenty-First Century
Other:
Health Summit: The Fear Deficit. Maybe America's ruling class isn't frightened enough to create health reform.
How effective is fact bombing?
Bartels = Alfred Wegener?
What President Obama should have realized about Rahm Emanuel
Runaway health costs are rocking municipal budgets
Surprise! Republicans in disarray, don't really want to cut spending.
More like this
From Steven Shapin's recent New Yorker article on the history of vegetarianism:
I've been getting a ton of questions about an article from the Independent about a guy named Bertie Smalls. Bertie was a british thief who died quite recently, who was famous
They say exercise can help you lose weight. What they didn't tell you is how much exercise.
In a recent head-to-head test of four fad diets, apparently the Atkins diet resulted in the participants losing the most weight. The Atkins diet relies on the elimination of carbs in your diet, and encourages intake of protein and fats instead.