{"id":1833,"date":"2008-06-22T10:12:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2008-06-22T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:13:48","slug":"same-old-same-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1833","title":{"rendered":"Same old. Same old."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span>his week, the New England Journal of Medicine reported about a small success <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/services\/newspaper\/printedition\/friday\/health\/ny-hsmela205733734jun20,0,3304186.story\">in the fight against (skin) cancer<\/a>: An Oregon man diagnosed with skin cancer, was injected with a couple of billion of cloned T-cells of his own and saw his cancer go into complete remission.\n<\/p>\n<p>Via Slashdot (<a href=\"http:\/\/science.slashdot.org\/science\/08\/06\/21\/1649224.shtml\">thread<\/a>), it appears the old adagio holds true: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg19826614.100-bad-guys-really-do-get-the-most-girls.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&#038;nsref=news4_head_mg19826614.100\">Bad boys get all the girls<\/a>. I also hear that thrill-seeking male humans have a shorter lifespan, or, eventually shut themselves out of the mating process because of a lack of other useful skills needed in societies driven by the sciences. This is old news: your mom (and dad) warned you to stay clear from people like these. Also: what about <em>bad girls<\/em>?\n<\/p>\n<p>The best part is last: CNN has a whole bunch of sections dedicated to &#8216;busy moms and parenting&#8217;. The one article that attracted my eye was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/LIVING\/personal\/05\/19\/multiples.parents\/index.html\">one about mothers with twins<\/a>, which reads as a proof that humans have lost the ability to provide and care for twins. Hey: In general, twins can perfectly take care of themselves, particularly when they&#8217;ve figured out how to communicate with each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the New England Journal of Medicine reported about a small success in the fight against (skin) cancer: An Oregon man diagnosed with skin cancer, was injected with a couple of billion of cloned T-cells of his own and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=1833\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[150,202,310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}