Part I – Hitchhikers Extraordinaire What breeds faster than you can think, hits you like a freight train, and has no mercy? A virus, that’s what. In this series of three articles, I am going to take a look at just how clever these little buggers are. I had my
The true explanations are unobtainable; they just are! You just can’t spend too long thinking about some things without getting a headache. Some people call them imponderables, and some just don’t have a complete answer. Some are relatively simple but intriguing. For example, why do paper cuts hurt so
Expelling four myths about water consumption. You want me to drink how much water? I have never been one of those people who have a water bottle surgically attached to their hand. I have always subscribed to the theory that ‘What goes in must come out’ and have
Do you love or hate spiders? Don’t believe everything you read about spiders, good or bad. I read a strange article a couple of weeks ago. It was about a myth that body lotion attracts spiders, especially wolf spiders. The expert interviewed (an ‘arachnonut’, someone who is crazy about
“A simple procedure,” they said. I’ve had my share of operations. They’ve fixed broken bones, my shoulder, and more. They’ve put in pins and posts, reduced my prostate, and removed a tumor. You name it. I don’t consider myself to be a wuss outside of the normal stigma
Money, Money, Money! As ABBA famously expressed in their song “Money Money Money,” in the world of lotto players, it is everywhere. Each one is seduced by the infinitesimally small chance to win big. Lotto madness On the back of a story, I wrote last month “EINADW #14:
Do you know the mouth you are kissing? There are twice as many microbes, bugs, or germs (whatever you want to call them) in your mouth than the earth’s population. You will never get rid of them, and in fact, that would not be a good idea. The best
Ever thought about how many cells make up your body? I have read that less than half of our bodies are made up of human cells. The rest are all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures that you may not want to know about. Do you think this is
Everyone may have heard at some stage the term “Bird brain” or ”Wise old owl;”, you may have even been called a bird brain or a wise old owl. So what is it about bird brains? Hello Again, Are birds wiser than we give them credit for, or are their