The word malaria literally means “bad air,” a consequence of the ancient knowledge that the disease appeared to be caused by the miasma emanating from swampy areas. Now, we realise that the matted vegetation common in many swamps prevents the local fish from devouring the mosquito larvae. Hap...
These days, the catchall term most often used is the underclass. It refers to a miasma of welfare-dependent women, street hustlers, petty criminals, the homeless and others who have drifted from society's mainstream. "It isn't just that they're poor," Richard Nathan, a poverty expert at...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MIASMIC [adj] Miasmic is an adjective for miasm (or miasma), which means a noxious vapor—"bad air" harmful to health. The word miasma comes from the ancient Greek word for pollution. And the concept of bad air also gave rise to the name malaria, from old...
To begin, we'll give you the lowdown on what makes bacteria different from other types of life. Contents Bacteria Basics Microbial Meals (and Miasma) Bacterial Reproduction Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Valley Low The Bad (for Us) Bacteria As Heroes Bacteria Basics Bacteria...
And yet I do not wish to say goodbye. Time and space are like a great wide plain The past,though present, cannot live again. Tolerance of being muddled… From the book An experiment in leisure by Marion Milner This made me wonder, if it were true that false thinking comes even partly...
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Charles Dickens was a master at describing setting too. Dickens’ description of Coketown inHard Times(1854) conveys what a rapidly industrializing town is like, with its miasma of smog: Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay shrouded in a haze of its own, which appeared imperviou...
and fourth things to hit him were locusts. the insects frequently escaped their cages and careened into the faces of scientists and lab techs. the room was hot and humid, and the constant commotion of 20,000 bugs produced a miasma of aerosolized insect exoskeleton. many of the staff had to...
To begin, we'll give you the lowdown on what makes bacteria different from other types of life. Advertisement Contents Bacteria Basics Microbial Meals (and Miasma) Bacterial Reproduction Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Valley Low The Bad (for Us) Bacteria As Heroes Bacteria ...
If you don't want to do that (or it doesn't work), your last option is simply to not let them. When they say "I run in!", just tell them they can't do anything until you finish your description, and keep going. This will likely annoy them, though. It's usually better to le...