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Links for you. Science: No, A Study Did Not Find That Cellphones Can Give You Cancer I reviewed all 161 of GOOP’s wellness products for pseudoscience. Here’s what I found. Graduate Student Solves Quantum Verification Problem Closing the High Seas … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Where does your recycled plastic go? Perhaps into future highways. The National Zoo’s Naked Mole-Rats Still Have Not Chosen Their Queen With Bugs, You’re Never Home Alone Origin of chocolate shifts 1,400 miles and 1,500 years … Continue reading →

Yesterday, eleven American Jews were murdered at Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the largest mass murder of American Jewry in U.S. history. Some thoughts from this Jew in no particular order: Blessed be the Judge … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That. The Moon Eclipsed the Sun. Then the Bees Stopped Buzzing. “We should be naming hurricanes after Exxon and Chevron, not Harvey and Irma.” Bogus homeopathy … Continue reading →

While the doings of one transportation board (albeit of one of the largest systems in the U.S.) might seem esoteric, it really does highlight the consequences of elections and the role of ideology. Stephen Repetski was the first to break … Continue reading →

Links for you. Science: Roswell Biotechnologies Harnesses Molecular Electronics for Chip-Based DNA Sequencing Appeals court upholds CRISPR patents awarded to the Broad Institute The Mysterious Green Orbs That Float by Day and Sink at Night ‘I Want to Burn Things … Continue reading →

Or maybe it should be called elite rape culture. From the Washington Post (boldface mine): She and a friend went to a house in Washington’s Tenleytown neighborhood packed with high school kids, including a throng of boys from Gonzaga College … Continue reading →