Do some people deserve hatred? Hate is one of the most widely addressed issues in the media in modern times, especially over the past five years in the United States. However, the discussion of hate is not new. Hate is a historical and biblical topic. From the old to the…

And dogs are better than lab tests at identifying infected people with no symptoms As summarized in a Science News report, dogs are as reliable as laboratory tests for detecting COVID-19 cases and may be even better than laboratory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for identifying infected people who don’t…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #71: Fix It — American democracy* is broken. Our system is not delivering the results people want. For example, overwhelming majorities support some access to abortion, some form of gun control, LGBTQ rights, and marijuana legalization. Federal and state legislative positions on these issues are often the antithesis of the majority view. Public support…

She has cloned herself millions of times over the past three decades When hives of the African lowland honeybees (Apis mellifera scutella) collapse, they do so because of an invisible inner threat: the growing, immortal clone army of a rival bee subspecies. That army is possible because the female workers…

It’s time to revise the anatomy textbooks Scientists in Switzerland recently uncovered a part of the body that had never been described before: a deep layer of muscle in the masseter, which raises the lower jaw and is critical for chewing. Modern anatomy textbooks describe the masseter muscle as having…

Guys, don’t think that abortion rights only affect women — MSNBC columnist Liz Plank noted that the likely imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court has significant consequences on men and women. Of course, the brunt of the devastating consequences will fall on women, especially impoverished women. But people who don’t get pregnant will also suffer when…

By banning abortions before pregnancy begins — First the news, as reported by numerous news sources, including the Washington Post. (With a few personal observations, annotating the news reports in italics.) On May 19, 2022, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill (HB 4327) that would ban abortions “from the moment of fertilization,” effectively prohibiting almost all abortions in…