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Crab Wars: A Tale...
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  (page 53 of 208)
"“Unfortunately, what makes for good politics does not always make for good medicine” (Flugate; pg. 50)

“Flugate” is a really interesting chapter describing Gerald Ford’s failed national vaccination campaign against swine flu as being the catalyst for the FDA’s investment into lysate testing."
May 10, 2025 08:02AM

 
An Immense World:...
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  (page 156 of 464)
"Ch. 5: Heat

The majority of this chapter discusses how a variety of animals, like Melanophila beetles, vampire bats, ticks, and pit vipers, use heat/infrared detecting organs/pits to survive (e.g., mate or find food).

"We project our senses onto theirs and assume that they'd be in discomfort because we'd be in discomfort" (pg. 140) - a note on how humans often perceive the life of extremophiles."
Feb 04, 2025 07:51AM

 
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