Daily Archives: November 4, 2011

10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science

Myths exist in a fact-free vacuum. Seriously, just look at some of the bizarre and often deadly things people use as a personal ethos. Food myths are no less harder to kill with facts.

As if the original article didn’t cover enough ground, Lifehacker today added a follow-up article.

Take all of this, of course, with a grain of salt. Pun intended. Granted, I’m not a kid anymore but I have been around long enough to see eggs be the root of all evil and the savior of humankind at least through two different cycles.

Any and every point made in those articles could be turned on their heads in the next six months. Just saying.

Tasmanian Devils Might Survive Cancer Scourge | Wired Science | Wired.com

Some good news on the future survival of the Tasmanian Devil. When we were down that way we went to a research site where they were hoping to find a cure for a cancer that is ravaging the little beasts. Apparently nature is finding a way. Good luck to the dangerous little guys and gals.

They are cute in that “oh what a cute little vicious carnivore” kind of way. You’d have to set ’em to understand that I think.