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On Bowditch
In my latest little story thing I gave Horatio a copy of Bowditch. This is roughly just possible, although I am not sure when he made it to England. My excuse was this-- if it had been possible Horatio would have revelled in it ( Read more... ) -
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Because we all need to thwart those wicked drug seeking preschoolers....
Husband found this. His use of Naval profanity is really quite stunning. He subsided eventually to sputtering outrage.
Looks as if it was a really big study too, this is not some locally skewed result based on 20 or 30 kids. real life, research questionMore Franklin items found
Some items from Erebus-- also a really good depitction of how the ship settled and broke up ( Read more... )Science that is fun to watch
New study finds wild animals will use an exercise wheel if it is provided for them ( Read more... )Yes, it is hard to know what to do.
People talking about the overuse of antibiotics tend to overlook the lives they save. Bacterial infections kill. I would be dead of nephritis, years back now, without them. Without them, woman die after childbirth. Without them, babies die pneumonia ( Read more... )Old Mugshots
Found these online. There has been a lot of talk in recent years about the drop in the age of puberty. Kids are growing up (in the absolute physical sense,) earlier ( Read more... )Staring into the abyss
Son says that pineapple has an enzyme that allows the leaves of it to digest bugs and use their nutrients. He then added that the same thing is present in pineapple meat ( Read more... )