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Walking in the Uncanny Valley

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Bison disappeared from Central Europe over 200 years ago. Now they are once again crossing the Southern Carpathian Mountains thanks...

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The wrong week to quit antioxidants

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Science does not exist in a vacuum. Like every other human activity it is socially, culturally and therefore financially embedded....

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Let me Count the Ways

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We are all products of our environment. Being mildly Jewish, raised in a Presbyterian culture and the eldest of 4...

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The Sandpile of Health

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In previous posts I have attempted to develop the idea of a perpetual slight instability (or ‘relaxed static stability’) at...

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That Touch of Minke

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I have long held that oily fish and fish oil are two very different things (1-4). This morning, ten years...

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In Vein

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Thrombosis kills 1 in 4 of us (1). It is the underlying cause of most heart attacks, strokes, and venous...

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Crossing the Food Desert

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It is possible to find good food in North America but it’s expensive, thin on the ground and crusted around...

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Be Cool

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At the sweet-smelling University of Cologne, elegant work with the nematode C elegans recently showed (1) that switching the worm temperature...

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Winter Break for Research

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Dear readers, I am writing to inform you of a forthcoming pause in my regular posts. Over the next few...

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