We share our bodies with countless bacteria, viruses, and even fungi of which we have little or no awareness. The undersides of shrubs, the cracks in pavement and asphalt, the plumbing and crawl-spaces and back walls of cabinets in our homes, all provide spacious habitats for such invisble life. We walk through the world thinking of ourselves as ( Read more... )

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Everything you think you know . . .

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Hannah's latest award-winning weird behavior: nesting in the bathroom sink. Can you top that?

I swear Hannah, my kitten, is part Sherpa. She has this predeliction for climbing things -- anything higher than she is, when she thinks I'm not looking. Last night she demonstrated another ability: somehow teleporting or levitating to the highest shelf of my desk, the working surface of which is about 2-1/2 feet off the floor, and the highest ( Read more... )

For real. Every so often my fingers begin to sting in places, and then, with a burning sensation, a white crust forms on many of them. The latter is exactly like the one that forms if you spill hydrogen peroxide on your skin, which is composed of dead bacteria killed by the chemicsl. I thought it was coming from the surfaces of some cheap ( Read more... )

You know what's weird? Listening to this on a CD while simultaneously watching this on Youtube. That's weird.

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-- but may it happen and get fixed while I'm not in need of them ( Read more... )

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A VICTORIAN couple endured a health nightmare after tiny worms with teeth began ( Read more... )