SciLights: Nature as a big, brilliant computer
Next time you’re trying to solve a complex mathematical proof, go ask an E. coli for help. They’re smarter than you think.
Posts Tagged ‘bacteria’
Egg-ulations: the cure may be worse than the disease
The egg recall has many clamoring for stricter food safety regulations. But do they really make us safer, or quietly subvert our one hope for a sustainable food system?
The Big Bag Battle: Can reusable bags make you sick?
In the case of Plastic vs. Reusable Bags, the prosecution is trying to play dirty. But do reusable bags really carry more nasty bacteria that can make you sick?
News Flash: Soap Kills Germs
TweetI promise: someday I’ll stop with the sarcastic post titles. But today is not that day. It’s just that I get so frustrated with our national case of germophobia. We’ve put antibiotics into sponges, soaps, clothing, cosmetics, toys, and our bodies, even when the threat isn’t from a bacterial pathogen. So, in the spirit of [...]
