Harpers Weekly Review

Scientists reported that ichthyoallyeinotoxic fishes–such as mullet, goatfish, tangs, damsels, and rabbitfish–could produce LSD-like hallucinations in those who ate them.[Practical Fishkeepingg] In England a man drowned after diving into the river Ouse to rescue his girlfriend’s shoes,[Mail & Guardian Online] and Belgian researchers found that men lose their decision-making skills when exposed to an attractive woman.[BBC News] In Hawaii a new law was passed that allows a mother to take home her placenta, or “iewe,” and bury it under a tree,[SFGate.com] and Malaysian wildlife officials denied reports that they had captured a baby Bigfoot.[All Headline News] Brazil was planning to open a uranium-enrichment center,[AP via STLToday.com] a woman in Los Angeles was hospitalized for bubonic plague,[Times Online] and researchers discovered that the buried lakes of Antarctica are connected to one another by secret rivers.

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