Odds ‘n Sods:

From B.B.: Science may have found silver bullet for the common cold.

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Reader K. sent us to a nice history of food as a weapon, over at the WRSA site.

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More bureaucracy: New Rules Coming for Payments Out of Health Savings Accounts. The article begins: “Under the new health care law, consumers using workplace pre-tax health savings accounts will soon need a doctor’s note to pay for Tylenol and an estimated 15,000 other over-the-counter drugs.”

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Popular Science asks: How Quickly Could a Single Supervirus Spread to Every Single Person on Earth? (Thanks to The Elf for the link.)