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A Foot in the Door Propped Open by a Tome
In academe, when it is said, “Publish or perish,” a great many researchers take that very much to heart. But THIS NEWS should surprise no one in any field of serious scientific research. The ramifications of such a pattern are,…
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Hot Cement and a Prayer to Vulcan
There’s nothing like dodging a couple of whining Vespas as you slurp your gelato on the sun-baked streets of Rome in June, meandering along with tourists and locals like one more minnow in a school of aimless fish, and turning…
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This Might Elicit a Scream or Two …
Scroll down in the article to have a gander at some kids who stumbled upon a highly venomous Sydney Funnel Web spider. You’ll also enjoy numerous looks at the spider itself. That’ll get one’s adrenalin going … and arrest the…
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The Answer is …
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And the Greatest Hits Keep On Rolling
It’s hardly a secret that, from North to South, the State of California is getting its butt kicked by wave after wave of “atmospheric river” storms that are taking out roads, obliterating coastlines, bursting dams, flooding riverbanks, and generally contributing…
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Oh, My Sides (And Possibly the Majority of My Torso)
I do not believe for a nanosecond that these divers/cinematographers have stumbled upon a foolproof way to prevent being attacked by 20ft. great white sharks while free-diving with them. Their method involves swimming directly headlong toward the shark’s gargantuan mouth…
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Giant Bavarian Cream Spiders
Oh, give me a break. At least twice a year, some little market in England or Europe thrusts itself into the news because the large, gangly corpse of a South American wandering spider is discovered stuck between some buxom Frau’s…
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Don’t Cry for Me, Sacramento
Anyone remember the Great Sacramento Flood of 1862? Few do, relatively speaking. But why bother with remembrance when one can witness the past become present? If only monsoons could wash away entrenched politicos. Alas, they are as barnacles clinging to…
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Prudery to the Left of Me, Prudery to the Right of Me
This is a laugh and a half. Some Mormon congregation photoshopped a 17th Century painting of the Nativity so that the Virgin Mary’s already modest garb went up to her neck and covered her shoulders. They also blurred the itsy…
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Clive Barker Working Hard to Catch Up
Horror and fantasy auteur Clive Barker saw his career momentum hindered by unforeseen health setbacks in recent years, which is a great shame, given that he is one of the few truly multi-talented major writers of the past forty years.…
Jonathan Kieran 