The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report put out by the Centers for Disease Control makes for fascinating reading sometimes. One came out recently that contains…
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Drink beer for Sandy relief
At the end of the F line in Coney Island, Brooklyn stand three of the city’s more venerable institutions: Nathan’s Hotdogs, the Cyclone roller coaster…
View More Drink beer for Sandy reliefFEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition
There’s nothing quite like the excitement of moving to a new city and getting your first apartment, and for me as for so many others,…
View More FEATURED POST: A (fetid) river runs through it, the Brooklyn edition9/11: Largest ever evacuation by boat in history
Eric Wolff alerted me to this moving documentary on the 500,000 people evacuated by boat from Manhattan on 9/11. From Christopher Mims: In nine hours,…
View More 9/11: Largest ever evacuation by boat in historyCoral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance
October 30-31st you can catch the Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance conference in the Big Apple. Mercer R. Brugler a graduate student at the University…
View More Coral: Symbol, Substance, and SignificanceEnvironment Shapes Barnacle Penis
Spring is in the air! Its the time of year to release your gametes into the water and make baby barnacles. But wait a second,…
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