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Oct 6, 2011

I rarely implore my dear readers to put out money for anything (since you can make yourself feel and look better without dropping a whole lotta cash, natch), but this is for a cause and a person who has done so much for me, and many, many others, over the years. Even if you don’t know who he is yet, DJ Amar will hit your earbuds soon – he does fabulous world music mixes you can’t help but stand up, shake your booty, and groove to.
Here’s the dealio:
DJ Amar …

Oct 6, 2011

NPR notes a recent study published in Science discovered something interesting – the types of bacteria we have in our stomach depends at least somewhat on the type of food we eat. For example, people who mostly eat meat have one form of microbe called Bacteroides, while high fiber eaters have more of another one called Prevotella.
They also found that changing your diet for a few days did little to change the microbial makeup of the digestive terrain:
Bushman and colleagues say that this means that it’s long-term eating habits, rather …

Aug 26, 2011

Manufactroversy.
Best word ever.
In case you were still wondering about that whole “Climategate” thing, here’s the latest (though we doubt final) word.