TROUBLING AIRWAVES A country-and-western radio station in Benson, Arizona (near Tucson), owned by Paul Lotsof, has periodically run “public service announcements” about one of Lotsof’s pet peeves: the harsh sentences usually given to mere “collectors” of child pornography. Many, he believes, are non-dangerous, daydreaming hermits–but often imprisoned for long stretches. Thus, … [Read more...] about NOTW: Congressional chip envy, asparagus worshipers and a really clever cheater
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NOTW: Open Carry idiocy, helpful salmonella and the crime of excessive snark
EXPLOITING VILLAINS In February, two teams of South Korean researchers announced cancer-fighting breakthroughs–by taking lessons from how two of medicine’s most vexing, destructive organisms (diarrhea-causing salmonella bacteria and the rabies virus) can access often-unconquerable cancer cells. In journal articles, biologist Jung-joon Min of Chonnam National University … [Read more...] about NOTW: Open Carry idiocy, helpful salmonella and the crime of excessive snark