3. Mudslide Meteorology and Math
Weather Channel Names A Storm Xenia; Wrong
on Both Counts
New IPCC Report: How Vulnerable are We to
Climate Change?
Weather Around The World: Looking Back On
March and Ahead To April And Beyond
M8.2 Earthquake off Chile: 1 April 2014
Chemistry of Pesticides: Toxic Chemical Lindane
and the Blood-Brain Barrier
Winter Storm Yona: The Transition Storm Has A
Wide Variety Of Weather
Chile Dominates, but Earthquakes Also in
Panama and Yellowstone: 28 March-3 April
2014
Batten Down The Hatches, Dorothy, Tornado
Season Is Here
The Plastic Surgery/Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Link
I Got the Flu From The Flu Shot! Debunking a
Common Myth
Tornado Outbreak In The Heartland: One Of
Winter Storm Yona’s Many Tunes
Emotional Trauma and Child Neglect: Abuse or
Just Bad Parenting?
Meat: Amino Acids and Proteins
GMO Strawberries With Peanuts: Hoax or
Hazard?
Digging up the Black Death: What Caused the
Black Plague, and Are We In Danger?
Malaria Reacts to Climate Change; Moves to
Higher Ground
It’s a Cell Block Life: Prison for Profit May Mean
More Time Behind Bars
Table Of Contents
4. Mudslide Meteorology and Math
MARCH 31, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
The results of a mudslide can be devastating. Image
credit: NOAA
5. Weather Channel Names A Storm Xenia;
Wrong on Both Counts
MARCH 31, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter Storm Young Xenia is in Minnesota tonight.
Courtesy of NOAA
6. New IPCC Report: How Vulnerable are We
to Climate Change?
APRIL 1, 2014 BY JOHN AUSTIN, PH.D.
Few if any nations are expected by the IPCC to avoid at
least some adverse effects of climate change. Image
courtesy of the IPCC.
7. Weather Around The World: Looking Back
On March and Ahead To April And Beyond
APRIL 1, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
The precipitation forecast through Friday shows rain
diminishing in Washington and increasing as far south as
southern California. Image courtesy NOAA
8. M8.2 Earthquake off Chile: 1 April 2014
APRIL 2, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
Location of the 1 April 2014 Chile earthquake. Image
credit: USGS
9. Chemistry of Pesticides: Toxic Chemical
Lindane and the Blood-Brain Barrier
APRIL 2, 2014 BY JOHN JAKSICH
Lindane’s chemical structure allows it to pass the blood-
brain barrier. Image courtesy of the National Library of
Medicine.
10. Winter Storm Yona: The Transition Storm
Has A Wide Variety Of Weather
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter storm Yona is centered in eastern Kansas
Thursday morning. Courtesy of NOAA
11. Chile Dominates, but Earthquakes Also in
Panama and Yellowstone: 28 March-3 April
2014
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JENNIFER YOUNG
This week’s earthquakes, 28 March – 3 April. Image
credit: USGS
12. Batten Down The Hatches, Dorothy,
Tornado Season Is Here
APRIL 3, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Tornadoes per 10,000 square miles per state (1990-2010).
Bull’s-eye: Kansas. Graphic courtesy of NOAA
13. The Plastic Surgery/Body Dysmorphic
Disorder Link
APRIL 3, 2014 BY GILAN GERTZ
People with BDD become preoccupied with perceived
physical flaws. Image by Xenia.
14. I Got the Flu From The Flu Shot! Debunking
a Common Myth
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
The flu mist as seen here, cannot give you the flu. Image
by the CDC.
15. Tornado Outbreak In The Heartland: One
Of Winter Storm Yona’s Many Tunes
APRIL 4, 2014 BY JON PLOTKIN
Winter storm Yona is on the Illinois-Wisconsin border
Friday morning. The severe weather is along the trailing
cold front. Image by NOAA
16. Emotional Trauma and Child Neglect:
Abuse or Just Bad Parenting?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY GINA PUTT
Emotional neglect hurts too. Image by mensatic
17. Meat: Amino Acids and Proteins
APRIL 6, 2014 BY VINCENT SUMMERS
When you eat that steak dinner, spare a thought to the
amino acids in the meat. Image by LifeisGood
18. GMO Strawberries With Peanuts: Hoax or
Hazard?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
Strawberries are sweet, juicy, and delicious – are they also
dangerous due to genetic modification? Short answer:
Nope. Image by gracey
19. Digging up the Black Death: What Caused
the Black Plague, and Are We In Danger?
APRIL 6, 2014 BY JANELLE VAESA, MPH
The black rat can be infected with the black plague and
spread the disease via fleas. Image by the CDC
20. Malaria Reacts to Climate Change; Moves
to Higher Ground
APRIL 6, 2014 BY CATHERINE MOSS
Malaria reacts to climate change. Image courtesy of the
U.S. CDC
21. It’s a Cell Block Life: Prison for Profit May
Mean More Time Behind Bars
APRIL 6, 2014 BY DIANNE SMALL-JORDAN
Does going to a private prison reduce or increase risk of
going back to jail? Image courtesy of the Arizona
Department of Corrections.
