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Bugging Out

In Guillermo Del Toro’s movie Cronos, an ancient device embodied in a scarab restores youth and vigor to the aged antique dealer who finds it. It also creates a taste for blood; near the end of the movie, the now … Continue reading

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Take That, Tryptophan

Everyone knows what it’s like: you eat your weight in turkey, go to sleep Thursday night, fall into a Tryptophan-induced coma, and wake up bleary-eyed, thinking that it must be days later because somehow, even though you swore you’d never … Continue reading

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