No kidding…

Via Secular Blasphemy: Muslim veil is unhealthy for women… A new book about to be published in Denmark, “Maskeret tvang” (~”Veiled Submission”), written by women doctors and other health workers, argues that veils have a negative effect on Muslim women’s health. Whether covering the whole body or just the hair, there is a health penalty Continue reading No kidding…

Meet my new pet!

Well, something to put on the wish list, anyway…. Baby albino giant salamanders in Hiroshima: A pair of baby albino Japanese Giant Salamanders (Andrias japonicus) discovered this past spring in a mountainous area of Hiroshima prefecture are being kept at Hiroshima’s Asa Zoo for the purpose of ecological research. The two specimens were found along Continue reading Meet my new pet!