It’s a short-shrift this week in the potpourri department. I blame the hectic nature of my glamorous life. That said, I still managed to find a few things to make me sit up and go “wow” this week, or just make me chuckle in knowing appreciation. Next week, I believe, will see our first film review as I have a couple of movies I’ve been jonesing to watch in my Netflix queue. (See? Glamorous!)
Without further ado:
- Interesting developments in archaeology – a team of researchers now believe that it was sickle-cell, rather than malaria, that killed King Tut: http://heritage-key.com/blogs/ann/king-tut-died-sickle-cell-disease-not-malaria And here I always thought it was one of the Sinanju Masters.
- Chuck Palahniuk gives an insightful essay into how he writes, and his tips for others over on his website: http://chuckpalahniuk.net/features/essays/chuck-palahniuk
- This week’s “Holy Crap, Science!” Moment reminds us all that we are living in a Science Fiction movie: http://io9.com/5572075/breakthrough-the-first-functional-vat+grown-lungs
- And a bit of funny to close the week out – spoken as one who suffers (the 3Gs was announced 5 days after I bought my 3G): http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple
Tags: Archaeology, Potpourri, Sci-Fi Now, SCIENCE!
