[sputters incoherently] But, but, but! False! Health is determined by what gives me boners! That's just science. Learn a book, already. Evolution means that... hunter-gatherers prefer...my boner dictates that......what was I saying?

ok, I've calmed down a little. I'm going to say this and then I'm going to delete every response you post back to me; fair warning, ok?

I currently work in clinical research. I'm going to leave some details out because it's just smart but a little while ago I had to look up info for my supervisor in order for her to make an argument to policy makers on improving and adopting a certain screening exam in the U.S. . One of the most helpful and detailed…

As usual people don't understand what the academic field of philosophy is. Philosopher of science here. Let's just look at the two most recent papers from the British Journal of Philosophy of Science.

Toddlers are awesome. I remember when my kid was a baby and I complained about how hard/thankless it was, everyone would say "oh, it's only going to get harder!"

All teachers should understand this: administrators are not your friends. They are your bosses and they will throw you under the bus if it serves their purpose. The ones who stick by their teachers are rare. I say this with my current administrator being almost like a mom to me- outside of work. At work, she will let…

different cultures, but in england, certainly in the westcountry, cider was always the drink of choice for working men, farmworkers in particular. its stronger than beer, easy to make and tastes nice.

... I know this is probably going to be a 'that's the joke' kind of moment but Strongbow?? I mean, how do you go downhill from there without buying White Lightning?

Need to add that mastitis is something to watch out for. If you're breastfeeding and aren't careful about the frequency, your milk ducts will become infected and/or clogged. I had it with my first kid, it was all kinds of crazy/scary. Fever, chills, severe pain, etc... Your instinct is to not nurse on that side but…

So glad I read this because I find myself more annoyed by people who moan about baby posts on Facebook than actual baby posts. I'm indifferent to babies but how hard is it to scroll or hide someone from your feed?!

no. just, no. upset we're overprotecting older kids by never allowing them to play outside? fine, i'm down with that argument. Wanting them to avoid being internally decapitated? not overprotection- common fucking sense. there are tons and tons of rear-facing car seats that go up to 35 lbs at least, which is fine for…

Just a minor correction - the issue isn't that the seat was a Maxi-Cosi (the infant bucket seat they used to bring George home looks like it might have been the same brand). The issue is that the specific seat (a Tobi) is a toddler carseat that does not have the capacity to rear-face, and Prince George should be…

This is like wearing sweats to Barneys. It only works if you are most definitely NOT working class. In my day, we called it slumming.

Was this article written by Benedict Cumberbatch?

Oh fuck off with your smegma diatribe, you're as bad as a frat bro dissing vaginas as being fishy smelling. Grow the fuck up. You support an act that denies bodily consent. You sure have bought into the propaganda. As a European I find such exclamations entirely dubious. You know what extra precautions are taken?…

The international tagline for this show can be, "If you thought Americans were stupid before..."

Don't know if this helps, but they are leaving PRI for PRX (Public Radio Exchange). PRX built the mobile app for TAL (so many acronyms). PRX also built The Public Radio Player, which, if you are a public radio nerd like me, is the best app ever. So basically, This American Life will now do its online/mobile…

It's really difficult for a lot of Americans - and the country if you think of it as having a collective psyche that transcends generations - as part of anything larger than itself. From inception, obviously, America has placed a premium on independence, which is all well and good in theory. But you know who else…

I dunno. I feel like #2 comes dangerously close to the lynchpin of that Tiger Beatdown piece that eviscerated Game of Thrones (sorry I can't make it hyperlink; yet another kinja update seems to have decreased functionality. Anyways, it's googleable). There were a lot of really thoughtful rebuttals from…

It's not that eerie! Pregnancies and tumors have one thing in common: both have to grow really fast and take up a lot of nutrients in order to be successful. Naturally they share some genes which help them achieve these ends. Pregnancies of course use these genes by design, while cancers acquire access to these genes…