Daily MOS: The Narrative of Typhoid Mary
A stranger bursts into your work, accuses you of killing people, and demands your bodily fluids. All for making some delicious peach ice cream.
Daily MOS: Asymptomatic
Covid is much deadlier than polio, and leaves a significantly higher percentage of people with long term health problems.
The Daily MOS: This Is Not Science Class
If you’re ever tempted to tell me that my method of “educating the masses on science” is wrong, you’ve misunderstood what I do.
Daily MOS: The Legend of Benjamin Banneker
Because of a lack of documentation around this time, it’s possible every word of this is wrong.
Daily MOS: The Bhopal Disaster
The people went about their day as you’re doing right now, the air around them silently becoming choked with poison.
Daily MOS: Radioactive Lake Karachay
In 1951, they started dumping nuclear waste into Lake Karachay, and all was fine for a while. Really, why can’t you just dump a bunch of radioactive materials into a lake?
Daily MOS: The Bullshit Dream of Cryonics
Cryonics is like throwing Uncle Walt in the freezer hoping to extend his “best by” date. Just in case we find a recipe that makes him less dead later. It’s also probably BS.
Daily MOS: Porton Down & Ethics in Experimentation
A more accurate name would be “Porton Down: we killed so many bunnies it got weird.”
Daily MOS: Phossy Jaw
The convenience of friction striking matches was unparalleled. Convenience, as history keeps showing us, sends the bill later.