Reality Checks: Native American Ballerinas, the Global Health Emergency which is Zika, Babylonian Astronomy, and the Health Benefits of Vaginal Fluid

Elizabeth — February 2, 2016

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The Zika virus is now a global health emergency. (via Al Jazeera)
Babylonian astronomy in tracking Jupiter. (via History)
It seems to be beneficial for newborns to be smeared in vaginal fluid. (via Ars Technica)
A lovely retrospective and tribute to native American ballerinas. (via NYTimes)

Featured image credit: Maria Tallchief, Unknown photographer – Dance Magazine February 1954 front cover

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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