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Mudslide Meteorology and MathWeather Channel Names A Storm Xenia; Wrong
on Both CountsNew IPCC Report: How Vulnerable are We to
Climate Change?Weather Around The World: Looking Back On
March and Ahead To April And Beyond
M8.2 Earthquake off Chile: 1 April 2014
Chemistry of Pesticides: Toxic Chemical Lindane and the Blood-Brain Barrier
Winter Storm Yona: The Transition Storm Has A Wide Variety Of Weather
Chile Dominates, but Earthquakes Also in Panama and Yellowstone: 28 March-3 April
2014Batten Down The Hatches, Dorothy, Tornado
Season Is HereThe Plastic Surgery/Body Dysmorphic Disorder
LinkI Got the Flu From The Flu Shot! Debunking a
Common MythTornado Outbreak In The Heartland: One Of
Winter Storm Yona’s Many TunesEmotional Trauma and Child Neglect: Abuse or
Just Bad Parenting?Meat: Amino Acids and Proteins
GMO Strawberries With Peanuts: Hoax or Hazard?
Digging up the Black Death: What Caused the Black Plague, and Are We In Danger?
Malaria Reacts to Climate Change; Moves to Higher Ground
It’s a Cell Block Life: Prison for Profit May Mean More Time Behind Bars
Table Of Contents
Zone One: USDA Plant Hardiness World View of the Harshest Climate
How Did the People of Pompeii Die? Suffocation Versus Thermal Shock
Little Bighorn Battlefield’s Haunted Past: Paranormal Phenomenon Reported
Philosopher Mary Midgley: Are You an Illusion?
Zone One: USDA Plant Hardiness World View of the Harshest Climate
APRIL 2, 2014 BY JAMES GIBSON
The Victory Garden by PBS lists the Lapland Rhododendron as ideally suited to tundra conditions of
plant hardiness Zone One. Image by Daderot.
How Did the People of Pompeii Die? Suffocation Versus Thermal Shock
APRIL 1, 2014 BY NATASHA SHELDON
This body from the macellum demonstrates the pugilistic pose-a body in spasm, supposedly fighting death. But new
theories suggest this pose is the result of the effects of high temperatures on a post-mortem body. Photo Credit:
Natasha Sheldon. All rights reserved.
Little Bighorn Battlefield’s Haunted Past: Paranormal Phenomenon Reported
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JILL STEFKO
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Image courtesy of the National Park Service.
Philosopher Mary Midgley: Are You an Illusion?
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JANET CAMERON
Life was There From Our Beginnings. Image copyright Janet Cameron, all rights reserved.
Mudslide Meteorology and MathMARCH 31, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
The results of a mudslide can be devastating. Image credit: NOAA
Weather Channel Names A Storm Xenia; Wrong on Both Counts
MARCH 31, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter Storm Young Xenia is in Minnesota tonight. Courtesy of NOAA
New IPCC Report: How Vulnerable are We to Climate Change?
APRIL 1, 2014 BY JOHN AUSTIN, PH.D.
Few if any nations are expected by the IPCC to avoid at least some adverse effects of climate change. Image courtesy of
the IPCC.
Weather Around The World: Looking Back On March and Ahead To April And Beyond
APRIL 1, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
The precipitation forecast through Friday shows rain diminishing in Washington and increasing as far south as
southern California. Image courtesy NOAA
M8.2 Earthquake off Chile: 1 April 2014APRIL 2, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
Location of the 1 April 2014 Chile earthquake. Image credit: USGS
Chemistry of Pesticides: Toxic Chemical Lindane and the Blood-Brain Barrier
APRIL 2, 2014 BY JOHN JAKSICH
Lindane’s chemical structure allows it to pass the blood-brain barrier. Image courtesy of the National Library of
Medicine.
Winter Storm Yona: The Transition Storm Has A Wide Variety Of Weather
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter storm Yona is centered in eastern Kansas Thursday morning. Courtesy of NOAA
Chile Dominates, but Earthquakes Also in Panama and Yellowstone: 28 March-3 April 2014
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
This week’s earthquakes, 28 March – 3 April. Image credit: USGS
Batten Down The Hatches, Dorothy, Tornado Season Is Here
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles per state (1990-2010). Bull’s-eye: Kansas. Graphic courtesy of NOAA
The Plastic Surgery/Body Dysmorphic Disorder Link
APRIL 3, 2014 BY GILAN GERTZ
People with BDD become preoccupied with perceived physical flaws. Image by Xenia.
I Got the Flu From The Flu Shot! Debunking a Common Myth
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
The flu mist as seen here, cannot give you the flu. Image by the CDC.
Tornado Outbreak In The Heartland: One Of Winter Storm Yona’s Many Tunes
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter storm Yona is on the Illinois-Wisconsin border Friday morning. The severe weather is along the trailing
cold front. Image by NOAA
Emotional Trauma and Child Neglect: Abuse or Just Bad Parenting?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY GINA PUTT
Emotional neglect hurts too. Image by mensatic
Meat: Amino Acids and ProteinsAPRIL 6, 2014 BY VINCENT SUMMERS
When you eat that steak dinner, spare a thought to the amino acids in the meat. Image by LifeisGood
GMO Strawberries With Peanuts: Hoax or Hazard?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
Strawberries are sweet, juicy, and delicious – are they also dangerous due to genetic modification? Short answer:
Nope. Image by gracey
Digging up the Black Death: What Caused the Black Plague, and Are We In Danger?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
The black rat can be infected with the black plague and spread the disease via fleas. Image by the CDC
Malaria Reacts to Climate Change; Moves to Higher Ground
APRIL 6, 2014 BY CATHERINE MOSS
Malaria reacts to climate change. Image courtesy of the U.S. CDC
It’s a Cell Block Life: Prison for Profit May Mean More Time Behind Bars
APRIL 6, 2014 BY DIANNE SMALL-JORDAN
Does going to a private prison reduce or increase risk of going back to jail? Image courtesy of the Arizona
Department of Corrections.
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