Bacteria that Commit Honourable Suicide

How can any samurai, kosher or otherwise, NOT be attracted by this title? The Bacteria that Commit Honourable Suicide Bio-cell seppuku. Kamikaze microbes. Organically pre-programmed harikiri. You got to love it. OK, kids, it goes something like this… In multicellular organisms (like us) it is essential that every cell behaves and does the job it [...]

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R’ Michael Skobac’s Healthy Challah for Dummies!

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending Shabbes with my rebbe and mentor, R’ Michael Skobac [1] and his charming wife, Chashi. R’ Skobac is Master Po to my Grasshopper. (R’ Skobac and I SO don’t look like this!) Shabbes dinner featured a spelt/camut challah that was out of this world! He was kind [...]

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Pizza Cones!

When I first saw a photo of this little treat the other day, I said, “WOW!” A pizza cone. What a stroke of genius! Pizza dough, formed into the shape of a cone and filled with pizza toppings! This is the best thing since the calzone… basically a pizza turnover! While not nearly in the [...]

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Sex-starved fruit flies driven to drink more alcohol!

Let’s file this under the “Yew jus’ cain’t make this $#!t up!” category, shall we? Apparently… and I am NOT making this stuff up… sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of modern man’s ‘That’s the Story of My Life!’ When female fruit flies reject their [...]

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Why Guys Are Such Sucks When They’re Sick

It’s pretty much common knowledge that when a guy gets sick, he turns into a big, kvetchy, insufferable sucky-baby. Why is this? Well, I have a theory that I developed this past week when I myself was down with a cold. It started as a cough last Wednesday, then developed into a pretty darn annoying [...]

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New York Times Debate: Are People Getting Dumber?

New York Times has recently published a series of five short articles under the heading Are People Getting Dumber?, as part of their Room for Debate section. Now, it’s all very stylish and fun for bloggerheads like myself to beak off about stupid people but I urge you to take the time and go through these pieces to [...]

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Materialistic Couples Have More Problems!

Several recent studies over the last few years have suggested that money is not the key to happiness. Now while it is admittedly hard to maintain a sunny disposition under conditions of grinding poverty, once basic needs are met such as food, shelter, clothing, and so on, having more and more money and more and [...]

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Nanny Shortage Leads to ‘Nanny Poaching!’

It is a sad day indeed when someone poaches your nanny. Let me say right off the bat that I’ve been extremely lucky with all of the nannies I’ve hired over the years for Exhibits One and Two when they were mere tots. Each one better than the next with not a clunker in the [...]

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Science Headlines that Tickle Me!

While packing to go off on a bit of a Festivus vacation and spend some time with my dear SigOth, SG, I kept browsing the science sites. Here is a small sampling of some of the more amusing titles out there today, all of them legit! Scientists Discover Deep-Fried Planets! Whole New Meaning for Thinking [...]

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Facial Profiling: How to Spot a Liar in 20 Seconds Flat!

A little snap judgment goes a long way toward making friends: According to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, all it takes is 20 seconds to decide whether or not a stranger is trustworthy. (Would I lie to you??) Researchers recruited 24 couples and asked each person to talk about a time [...]

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