Daily MOS: The face of Anatoli Bugorski
“Particle physics is like two Soviet Fiats colliding to produce a bus and a Mercedes Benz 600. That’s the thing about high-energy physics: the total is different than the sum of its parts.”
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Daily MOS: The Ytterby Mine
The Ytterby Mines have been closed since the 1990s, the town the reigning undisputed champion of ‘fill-in-the-periodic-table’ bingo.
Daily MOS: Life Expectancy Data
What’s the main cause of a long healthy life? Money.
Daily MOS: A Brief History of Tampons
A rock salt pessary reportedly was a successful spermicide. We’ve advanced past ‘shove a rock in your pussy.’ Well, outside of Goop.
Daily MOS: The Platypus
Platypus venom won’t kill you, won’t kill you, but the pain’s been described as “excruciating.” Play Australia games, win Australia prizes.
Daily MOS: Biosphere 2
The biggest takeaway from the whole project is that if we ever had to Noah’s Arc our way off this planet, we’d fail spectacularly.
Daily MOS: The Errant Proteins of Mad Cow Disease
As did some of my weirder stories from grad school, it started on a farm in Sussex, England. As it turns out, cannibalism isn’t good for cows.
Daily MOS: British Nuclear Testing in Australia
I just had to go digging for a story of nuclear fuckery in Australia and hooboy, it’s a terrifying look into one of the deadliest animals in Australia: humans.
Daily MOS: Calorie Counting Works, But…
If all else fails, eat the rich.
Daily MOS: A Brief History of Celiac Disease
From the patient’s point of view, nothing has changed since the 1950s. Treatment is still avoiding bread that chews worth a fuck.