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Science-Based Medicine » Oppose “Big Floss”; practice alternative dentistry

We survived almost all of human history without it. Yet in the last 100 years people have allowed themselves to be hoodwinked by a huge corporate conspiracy into believing that we “need” their products. They cite studies and claim we don’t understand science; they ignore ancient folk wisdom and have no respect for our intuition. They peddle their products without regard to the dramatic increase in chronic diseases and weakened immune systems of recent decades. I’m speaking, of course, of “Big Floss.”

via www.sciencebasedmedicine.org

Is this why I have such a hard time getting the kids to brush? Do they know something I don't?

From Tibet to Infinity and back again | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

A bunch of folks have let me know about a new video that starts in the Himalayas and accelerates you out to the edge of the Universe, and then back again. It’s done by the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, and was directed by data visualization expert Carter Emmart. Make sure you click the high-def button!

via blogs.discovermagazine.com

Whoa! I guess it doesn't much matter if the towels are folded right.

Terroreidolia | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

If the sacred image of your holy Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, is going to come to you, it won’t do so in a rainbow, or the leaves of a holly tree, or flock of birds – hehe – but in a smelly Brillo pad soaking in your three-day-old macaroni and cheese. He should check the bottom of his empty cans of Bud Light for an image of the Virgin!

via blogs.discovermagazine.com

I think it looks more like my seventh grade math teacher, Mrs. Skinner.