Daily Archives: December 17, 2006

Why Women Aren’t Funny

Vanity Fair: Christopher Hitchens On Why Women Aren’t Funny This piece is titled “Provocation.” So I’m not really offended. I mean, come on; it’s Christopher Hitchens, what do you expect? Over at Scienceblogs, some bloggers have responded about the science, … Continue reading

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Let’s hit the pepper bar

The Examining Room of Dr. Charles: A Cure for Diabetes? A very interesting blog entry (on a very interesting blog) about a Cell paper that’s gotten scant media attention. The paper implicates malfunctioning pancreatic neurons in autoimmune (Type I) diabetes. … Continue reading

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