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Within a year, TIGR had published the entire genome of Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium with nearly 2 million letters that causes meningitis and ear and respiratory infections. It was the first free-living organism to be completely sequenced. Even Watson was impressed, calling it "a great moment in science...
...that the practice is universally admired. "I'm open to a lot of complementary therapies, but I'm not at all impressed with this one," says Benjamin Asher, chairman of the committee on alternative medicine for the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. Aside from an earful of candle wax, candling could lead to infection, burns to the ear canal or eardrum--or burning hair. The FDA considers ear candles hazardous to health...
Another problem: there's no proof candling works. A small study a few years ago in the journal Laryngoscope showed that a lighted candle could never create enough suction to draw out wax. The "ear debris" left in the candle's hollows, assumed by aficionados to be proof--however icky--that candling is doing its stuff, is nothing more than melted wax from the candle itself. As for those ear mites, "Dogs and cats have ear mites," says Asher. "I've never seen a human with...
Turns out there's a reason our ear canals are so inaccessible: to protect the delicate eardrum. And ear wax is good. Ears, like some ovens, are self-cleaning. The wax traps dust and dirt and contains antimicrobial agents to protect against infection. People who really like the idea of using a candle to get clean should hop on to that other trend and light one while having a bath...
...meaningful element. What matters is words. And words are not going anywhere; they are one of the most powerful and efficient forms of human communication. A few words--i.e., a few bits--can create religions, can make war or peace. Those words when presented to the eye (vs. the ear) are presented as text. In the past we could render text only by printing it on paper, carving it in stone, writing it with smoke...