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The Claim: Zinc Can Help You Beat a Cold - New York Times Old joke: With our product, you can cure a cold in just seven days, but left untreated, it could linger for a week! (tags: medicine science) Tara Parker-Pope on Health - Teenagers and Sex - New York Times "The lesson for public health…
slacktivist: Gay-Hatin' Gospel (pt. 3) Part three of Fred Clark's look at why evangelicals are so anti-gay. (tags: religion politics blogs US gender) The Big Three How important are the major SF magazines, anyway? (tags: SF books literature) Evolving Thoughts A taxonomy, of sorts. (tags:…
slacktivist: Clean shoes "Getting down on his knees and taking unclean things in his hands was more than just a pattern with Jesus -- it was something like an obsession. This goes beyond a mere motif or refrain in the Gospels. Jesus looked at the purity codes and the holiness codes and the long…
Regifting Robin. How does it work? | Dot Physics The simple math behind a silly game. (tags: science blogs math silly dot-physics) As 81-year-old Mubarak heads to Washington, Egyptians wonder about their leader's health -- latimes.com An update from Uncertain Principles Senior Middle East…