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As Maryn McKenna and others have reported, a paper was released on Friday showing a high percentage of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contaminating raw, retail-available meat products. There has been a lot of media coverage of this finding--so what does the study say, and what are its…
Beautiful weather here. If you're stuck inside, here are some links. Science: Casey's Case: What Psychology Says About Anthony's Acquittal. Sunday AI: Leaping Cockroaches The Clap Came Back: Multi-Drug Resistant Gonorrhea The Path Of Increased Resistance Other: Rep. Ryan Tastes The Grapes Of…
While I am on vacation, I'm reprinting a number of "Classic Insolence" posts to keep the blog active while I'm gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I'm guessing that quite a few of my readers have…
I read this headline — "Mary Midgley argues that opponents of intelligent design are driving people to accept it" — and my first thought was that surely some editor had mangled the sense of an interview. No one could be that blatantly nonsensical. And then I read the first paragraph and discover…