“I don’t understand why they just can’t accept it and get on with their lives.” There are so many interpretations of this statement. Is it about divorce, a breakup, losing a job or money, being unable to make peace with … Continue reading
I remember the Big Three of Childhood Diseases because I had all of them. I am of that vintage where I was young enough to be vaccinated against smallpox and polio (for which I am abundantly grateful, let me tell … Continue reading
So last week Trump claimed that noise causes cancer. We all know this is silly on many fronts, but my writer brain sort of kicked into gear and so I wanted to share how I pursue ideas, even silly ones. … Continue reading
I remember a time when there was no question about vaccination. It was a modern miracle, a triumph of science over disease. I grew up reading Paul de Kruif’s Microbe Hunters, thrilling to the discoveries first of microbes, then of the … Continue reading
November 17 is International Women’s Self Defense Day, a project put in place by the clothing company fodada. Along with ten others involved in ESD Global — the international empowerment self defense program where I trained last summer — I … Continue reading
How to make organ transplants last: New approaches try to train the body to welcome the replacement parts A discussion of various strategies to prevent rejection in transplanted organs: Because transplanted skin has a high likelihood of provoking an immune attack, … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough This post first ran in Mary Robinette Kowal’s “My Favorite Bit” blog. Content Warning: description of genital mutilation as outdated medical procedure A MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN is solidly set in the mid-Victorian period, an era full … Continue reading
My sister recently offered me her “happy light”, you know, the high-lux intensity lamps that can stimulate serotonin. She lives near Arcata, on the often foggy, overcast Northern California redwood coast. But, with a guilty gratefulness for climate change, we … Continue reading
A potpourri of nifty discoveries to remind us, in the midst of so much political anguish, what an amazing universe we live in. Baby Snake That Lived Among Dinosaurs Found Preserved in Amber Using uranium-lead dating, a research team … Continue reading
WARNING: do not read if details about tooth problems give you collywobbles. When I turned 21, my father took me out to dinner and gave me a piece of Fatherly Advice: take care of your teeth. This was more heartfelt … Continue reading
