A couple of articles ago, I started writing an article on the flu, and it sort of expanded until it got to where it included vaccines and the human immune system, which is way too much stuff for one article. The immune system is way too cool (and involved) to just jam in between other […]
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Article #33: Science Literacy is Power
I was going to do my next article on the marvels of the human immune system, since the last one was about vaccination and they are obviously connected. The article after that was going to be on influenza and why it is unusual among the more common infectious diseases. I sometimes have a plan about […]
Article # 31: Whether the Weather is Wetter
It’s Wintertime, when lots of people grumble a lot and some people feel like dancing around in the brisk air. Most of my family are lizard people who like it when they can sit in the shade and sweat. I am, in this respect as in quite a few others, a sheep of a darker […]
Article #29: Shooting Stars
While sitting in my back yard last night, I saw a shooting star, and my bride suggested it might be a good subject for a column. As always, I agree with my wife, so let’s have at it. This subject goes along pretty nicely with the recent columns about the moon, and even has a […]