Chocolate-malt flavour Ovaltine, hot or cold, is absolutely delicious. ♥ (I still have a bit of this childhood hang-up where I don't really drink milk straight, so I always drink it with a sweetener or with some cereal.)
Ah, I fondly remember reading about back in the days when radium paint was applied to clocks and such for that helpful blue glow...until everyone started dropping dead, of course.
(Damn but The Radioactive Boy Scout was a good read. Even with the author being a bit fanatically anti-nuclear power and hating on the Boy Scouts, and the factual errors here and there--vinegar is 5% acetic acid not 30%, using a charcoal grill in a closed shed is asking for carbon monoxide poisoning not dioxide, volatility ≠ reactivity, etc.--it's terrifically entertaining to read along as an American Boy Scout goes about building himself a miniature nuclear reactor in his backyard. True story, too!)
The NG issue with the letters about Neanderthal neighbours is Feb 09, the one with "What Darwin Didn't Know" on the cover next to a frog; the actual issue including the feature on Neanderthals was Oct 08, with "The Other Humans: Neanderthals Revealed" on the cover next to a model of a Neanderthal dude. The issue with the hissy fits over Herod is Apr 09, with "The She-King of Egypt" on the cover next to a sculpture of Hatshepsut's head; the actual issue including the Herod feature was Dec 08, with "The Real King Herod" on the cover next to an aerial view of some crumbled palace.
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Ah, I fondly remember
reading aboutback in the days when radium paint was applied to clocks and such for that helpful blue glow...until everyone started dropping dead, of course.(Damn but The Radioactive Boy Scout was a good read. Even with the author being a bit fanatically anti-nuclear power and hating on the Boy Scouts, and the factual errors here and there--vinegar is 5% acetic acid not 30%, using a charcoal grill in a closed shed is asking for carbon monoxide poisoning not dioxide, volatility ≠ reactivity, etc.--it's terrifically entertaining to read along as an American Boy Scout goes about building himself a miniature nuclear reactor in his backyard. True story, too!)
The NG issue with the letters about Neanderthal neighbours is Feb 09, the one with "What Darwin Didn't Know" on the cover next to a frog; the actual issue including the feature on Neanderthals was Oct 08, with "The Other Humans: Neanderthals Revealed" on the cover next to a model of a Neanderthal dude. The issue with the hissy fits over Herod is Apr 09, with "The She-King of Egypt" on the cover next to a sculpture of Hatshepsut's head; the actual issue including the Herod feature was Dec 08, with "The Real King Herod" on the cover next to an aerial view of some crumbled palace.