Science
- Written by: Mike Bowler
- Category: Science
Fresno should post signs on all roads entering its county limits stating, “WARNING: LIVING IN OR JUST TRAVELLING THROUGH FRESNO POSES SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS. Fresno air is chock-full of particulate matter from trucks, cars, fireplaces, farms being tilled, pesticides, herbicides, and other agriculture chemicals, including heavy metals, and can pose serious health risks including cancer, asthma, valley fever, emphysema, and other lung and heart problems. Enter at your own risk. Pregnant women are advised to stay out.”
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Science
An inordinate number of under-educated and rough-hewn African Americans populate an inordinate number of penal institutions – within, reputedly, one of the most advanced societies in human history. In our zeal to put the real cause of this anomaly behind us, once again we pretend that we are not a society built upon centuries of degrading and shunting to the margins a considerable portion of our population.
- Written by: Tom Hedges
- Category: Science
I am a three time relapsed Multiple Myeloma patient. I was diagnosed with MM in July of 2003. MM is a rare form of blood cancer, with no cure. After 13 years I know quite a bit about cancer therapy and research, and about the availability of several cancer drugs and their approximate cost.
- Written by: Tom Hedges
- Category: Science
I learned to swim at about the age of seven. The little town in Nebraska where I grew up had a free learn to swim program at the YMCA. About five of my pals and I took the lessons. The final was to swim from one end of the pool and back. We all made it. And received our Tadpole Certificate.
Little did I know at the time that this is probably one of the most important things I learned to do as a kid. That it would benefit me all the way through life. Especially during those long, hot, humid summer days.
