31st March, 2006

Worms

From the OMG That’s Fucking Disgusting Department, PZ Myers points to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding an Enterobius vermicularis infestation in some poor chap’s guts. The best part is that they’ve posted a video of the colonoscopy. Ew, ew, ew.

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31st March, 2006

Feeling Lucky?

It must be Science Friday here or something. There’s an interesting article in the latest edition of Scientific American that looks at the roles that one’s mental state plays in “luck”. Having read it, a lot of what is presented makes quite a bit of sense to me. Check it out.

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