The Cost Before the Wait
Unpredictable appointments can cost you a day’s wages even when you hardly wait.
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Something new washes up every time: pages from all kinds of people, made with all kinds of tools. Beachcomb shows you what it found, then gets out of the way.
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Anatomy Unzipped: John of Arderne’s Sweden Scroll (ca. 1425–35)
Early surgical diagrams that present patients prying themselves open for our anatomical gaze.
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A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi
In mid-19th century Italy, two eccentric aristocrats set forth on parallel projects: constructing ostentatious castles in a Moorish Revival style. Iván Moure Pazos tours the psychedelic chambers of Rochetta Mattei, optimised for electrohomeopathic healing, and Castello di Sammezzano, an immersive,…
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I hate Migraines
I’ve been in bed all day, unable to function. I had a really bad migraine. It was so painful. I have been eating painkillers. Thankfully, it is gone now. I slept a lot and had weird dreams. Now I am up at 2 AM. Ready to start my day. I put music on and one […]
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Vote Against the Agenda of the Most Polluter-Positive President in Living Memory
Sometimes people say political parties in the U.S. are both corrupt, that it doesn't matter who is in power, that industry holds sway over our politics and our health regardless. Nothing could be more mistaken. Just now, The New York Times exposed how many Americans -- at least 3.3 million people…
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Laila Yuile’s comments
I’m still home sick today, along with half the valley from the number of comments on a post in Comox Valley community yesterday! Take your pick – rhinovirus, covid and the flu […]
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Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering
To invade red blood cells, the deadly protist creates a temporary molecular portal that disappears behind it — a door we can now see in fine detail. The post Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering first appeared on Quanta Magazine
From Quanta Magazine
Science is fun. Science is when you do an experiment with participants, and then talk with a…
Science is fun. Science is when you do an experiment with participants, and then talk with a participant afterwards, and learn that yeah, actually, doctors are not supposed to give you propophol as a general anesthetic if you have a soy allergy. Which is really good to fucking know. Which is why I…
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