Dear Art Nerd, My dad found some cable channel full of old cartoons the other day, and as we watched a bunch of Looney Tunes together, I was struck by how fluid the animation was — walking, talking, stretching into bizarre contortions. I grew up on Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh, that kind of thing, and they are […]
Dear Language Nerd, Why IS it Istanbul (not Constantinople)? -Cameron J. *** Dear Cameron, And whose business is that, really? I mean besides the Turks? Renaming places is generally slightly more complicated than people just liking a city better that way. In fact, it’s all about the power. It happens frequently when new groups replace […]
Dear Biology Nerd, I keep hearing about community MRSA – what is it, and should I be worried? Yours, Ezra Lionels *** Dear Ezra, Don’t worry, it’s really not that exciting. One in three people has staph on their skin — it’s a bacteria that’s everywhere. Usually, the only time people get sick from it […]