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What the Mites On Your Face Say About Where You Came From (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes with news about how the hair mites you carry can be used to determine your ancestry. "Right now, deep in your hair follicles and sweat glands, tiny mites are feeding on dead skin cells, mating, and laying eggs. The microscopic arthropods, known as Demodex folliculorum, live on virtually all mammals—especially their faces—and cause no harm under most circumstances. Now, a new study shows that people of different ancestry carry different subgroups of the bugs, and that the mites' distribution throughout the global population may even reflect how our species has migrated and evolved over the course of history."
Thanks to the mites, we might finally find out if we come from extraterrestrial origins.
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
Trump had a Tribble transplant.
(Sorry, I can't kick Trump joke habit. Therapy failed.)
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Ewwww. Get 'em off me! Get 'em off me!
I mean, is the control group the people who didn't "get around"? We inherit skin mites, sure. But it's more fun to earn them.
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When we are born we are so clean that even our stomachs do not have bacteria. It is hypothesized that our first dose of this bacteria comes from normal child birth and then we are put in our mothers arms so kissing and cuddling further transfers the bacteria. Is this cuddling and kissing where we get the first face mites too or are we born with them?
In Australia, the face mites try to kill you.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I've got ancestors from at least six countries; where do my mites come from?
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
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Jesus, I knew somebody would come along and suggest Soylent News. No, it is not the answer.
The submissions there aren't much different than here, from what I've seen. We get Hugh Pickens here, and they get Hugh Pickens there. If you think Slashdot has a problem with too many political stories, well I think that things are much worse there.
It's also typical for news to hit Slashdot before it hits Soylent News, and Slashdot isn't known for reporting on issues in a timely manner!
The moderation over at Soylent News is pretty atrocious, too, from what I've witnessed. The community is quite small, and so a cabal of mods have managed to promote their whacked out ideas, while silencing anyone who questions them. Good comments get modded down, while junk ones get modded up. At least Slashdot's mod community is still big enough to bring some balance.
I think that Soylent News is a perfect example of what would happen to Slashdot if those on the fringes happened to take over. You get a lot of lunacy, a lot of bad modding, and a site that actually makes Slashdot look pleasant and intelligent.
They mite be onto something.
Yeah? So what's the point of posting anonymously??
To state heretical truth.
It's not clear who the actual hosts are, but I'm guessing from the report that they are Americans, of diverse origin. If the people 'of African descent' (for instance) are actually Americans of African descent, with the long contact with the majority European population, can we be sure they are not partly European? The caption for the map says '... distributed around the world'. I know it is a first investigation, but they apparently haven't investigated across the world.
My theory: That thing on Trump's head is an illegal space alien that forces him to go full retard when he speaks in public.
So you can mod your own comments up!
Are there legal space aliens? Is there a visa application process for space aliens? Or if there is none, would they not all be legally immigrated? Or did you mean "illegal" as in illegal to posses? So many questions!
Reddit has a lot of noise ration info. Here not that much better nowadays, but still better than digg. As for the adverts have not seen them for years now.
His wall to keep them out could be a marvel of construction. Nevermind the unintended consequences of that.
(Sorry, I can't kick Trump joke habit. Therapy failed.)
Skip the therapy. Continue with the jokes.
Tip the veal. Try the waitress.
For me the best part of a Presidential Election are the jokes.
A lot of time, the candidates write their own jokes . . . unintentionally. That's God's gift to the late night talk show hosts.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
"Guess what slashdot, I am sick of this website. "
Good. We can't get rid of too many ACs.
Well, USA cooling. I thought the intended wall was only to keep aliens out of US territory
I've got ancient face bugs, passed down from my father and from his father before him!
What the Mites On Your Face Say About Where You Came From
Ha, I knew those voices weren't just in my head!
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I still have plenty of Asperger neckbeard jokes left.
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