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Hundreds sickened: Salmonella behind Al-Azhar food poisoning in Egypt

Egypt’s Health Minister Mohamed Hamed said that salmonella was behind the second mass poisoning incident in Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Hamed said in a press statement on Friday that the final report on the incident revealed that the bacteria contaminated the … Continue reading →

Needed: critter help

I was walking on the beach this afternoon when this critter poked his/her head out of the surf just offshore, looked around, then made a dash for the nearby woods. Need some lazyweb help – is it a sea otter? No related posts.

Angelina Jolie, radical strategies for cancer prevention, and genetics denialism

I had been debating whether to blog about Angelina Jolie’s announcement last week in a New York Times editorial entitled My Medical Choice that she had undergone bilateral prophylactic mastectomy because she had been discovered to have a mutation in the BRCA1 gene that is associated with a very high risk of breast cancer. On [...]

Leftover Links for 19 May 2013

Welcome to the end of one week and the beginning of another. Here are some tasty leftovers. How Much Of Food Activism Is New Age, Airy-Fairy Nonsense? – Forbes. Fluoridated water? Not all Portlanders will drink to that – latimes.com. An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters | Overthinking It, Scientific American Blog Network. And check out Strange Frequencies Radio this week with frequent commentator and all around good guy, Bob […]

Blood magic: old blood ages the young

“Our ancient countess was refused her desires will To bathe in pure fresh blood She’d peasant virgins killed Elizabeth, in the chasm where was my soul Forever young, Elizabeth Bathorii in the castle of your death You’re still alive, Elizabeth” -“Elizabeth”, Ghost As folklore has it, Elizabeth Bathorii, Countess of Hungary, often […]

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