MOS: The Habsburg Chin
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve talked about incestuous royalty from the middle ages, so. Today’s Moment of Science… the Habsburg
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MOS: Chimerism
It’s a phrase that became ubiquitous with daytime television in the 1990s. “You are not the father.” But what happens when the test comes back
MOS: Catnip
It’s happy hour somewhere. Do you know where your cat is? Today’s Moment of Science… Catnip. Terpenes are an endlessly diverse class of organic
MOS: Y2K
The story seared into our collective consciousness about the Y2K boner is that the geniuses who conjured up the mayhem of the internet didn’t
MOS: Leprosy
Let’s talk about a disease I learned about from nuns when I was eight years old. Well, a disease other than AIDS. The nineties were a ride,
MOS: Debunking the Dark Ages
Recently I read an alarmist tweet rant about how we’re in a ‘new dark age’ now and most scientists don’t even realize it. Of course, this was
MOS: The Late Antique Little Ice Age
Speaking as a scientist, some years have sucked a fat one worse than others. With a global pandemic, economic downturn, and of course, the fact that
MOS: Echidnas
We return to our regularly scheduled five days a week of motherfuckers, incidents, and today combining two of my favorite subjects, floofs and
MOS: Chernobyl, Part 1
If you remember only one thing from my work, let it be that nuclear plants following best practices today don’t just wreck half of Eastern Europe
MOS: A year in review
About a year ago I sat down with James Fell and had an “I really need to do something else with my life” conversation. Not something like finding
MOS: The Chalk River Disaster, Parts 1 & 2
A viral post is going around that’s making President Jimmy Carter out to be some sort of goddamned superhero who personally averted a major nuclear
MOS: Is a pain-free life too good to be true?
As we age, one of the most common changes other than a sudden fondness for seltzer is that one day, we wake up and everything fucking hurts. It
MOS: The Meth Fueled 1950s Housewives
My fellow Millennials, Gen Xers, and well, fuck it, everyone too young to have been a housewife in the 1950s, this one’s for you. Because there’s
MOS: The Year Without A Summer, Parts 1 & 2.
When I hear people say things like “nature couldn’t possibly make anything that’s bad for you,” I’m never sure where to start explaining
MOS: The science of a delicious Thanksgiving
My favorite holiday is upon us; Christmas without the guilt trip to buy people new plastic things. For Thanksgiving when I cook at home, I bust out