Please excuse the crude and obvious pun on “Jumping the Shark”, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with shark reproduction. Evidently, in certain circumstances, male sharks can likewise have nothing to do with shark reproduction.
March 25, 2007
March 14, 2007
The Muffin Joke
After an 8 month lapse, I thought I’d better get right to the hard-hitting science issues of the day. Like this analysis of The Muffin Joke, posited on science blog Cosmic Variance
Too Much of (what was once) a Good Thing
Apparently you can actually digest too well… Certain microbes in the intestinal lining help you get the most energy from your diet (no actually, I could have skipped a few of those calories, thanks!). This used to be a very very good thing in the US. Still is, some places. So here & now, are these buggers actually causing obesity? Hard to tell.
BUT, when they gave mice without the microbes the Supersize Me treatment, they didn’t get fat. Astonishing. Where do I sign up for a daily scoop of Bacteroidetes?
