Table of Contents
Preface . . . xv
Chapter 1 Ingenious inventions . . . 1
Iceless icebox . . . 1
Full of cold air . . . 1
May the Force be with you . . . 2
Sci-fi science . . . 3
Catching a wave . . . 4
Out, damned spot! . . . 5
Glass stretch marks . . . 6
Seeing double . . . 7
Say what? . . . 8
On the road again . . . 9
Kooky clocks . . . 10
Lost with digital . . . 11
Era arrangement . . . 12
Let there be light . . . 12
Temperature tales . . . 14
Spying on Martians . . . 15
Otherworldly . . . 15
Earthling outpost . . . 16
Man or machine . . . 18
Play ball . . . 19
Pharaoh’s secrets . . . 20
Dense edifice . . . 22
Tiny toys . . . 23
Twinkle, twinkle . . . 24
Curly cords . . . 25
Mr. Weasley’s collection . . . 25
Electric synchrony . . . 27
In chains . . . 28
Equine engine . . . 29
Man’s best friend v. 2.0 . . . 30
Taking to the sky . . . 31
Off-kilter . . . 33
Architecture by numbers . . . 33
Chapter 2 Chemical concoctions . . . 35
Sticky situations . . . 35
Strong bond . . . 37
Black gold . . . 37
What’s in a name? . . . 38
Auto alternatives . . . 40
Sugar high . . . 41
Water fire . . . 42
Periodic-table personalities . . . 44
Jolt-free beans . . . 45
Decaf danger? . . . 46
Gently down the stream . . . 47
Water, water everywhere . . . 48
Reticent rubber . . . 49
On top of Old Smoky . . . 50
Odor eater . . . 51
Exquisite earth . . . 51
Drug disintegration . . . 53
Lone nutrients . . . 54
Rub-a-dub-dub . . . 55
Chore tech . . . 56
Chapter 3 Body parts . . . 59
Toe the line . . . 59
Surgeons’ favorite organ . . . 61
Longer and longer . . . 62
Tough tips . . . 62
Ashes to ashes . . . 63
Holey lids . . . 64
Producing peepers . . . 64
Guardian lashes . . . 65
Stopping short . . . 66
Grating habit . . . 66
Local harvest . . . 68
Cell selection . . . 68
Whiter shade of pale . . . 70
Healing potion . . . 71
Replacement parts . . . 72
Not so wise . . . 73
Chapter 4 Bodily functions . . . 75
Music of maturity . . . 75
Prune people . . . 76
Blinky . . . 78
Twitchy . . . 79
Summertime blues . . . 79
Staying cool . . . 80
Low thermostat . . . 81
Sweaty gourmet . . . 82
Impulsive impulses . . . 83
American Lilliputians . . . 84
Hair-raising . . . 85
Puny puckers . . . 86
Earplugs . . . 86
Itchy and scratchy . . . 87
Heart-stopping . . . 88
Sneeze grimace . . . 88
Photon allergy . . . 89
Sleeping beauty . . . 90
Yawning maw . . . 92
Smells good . . . 94
Tip of the tongue . . . 96
Chapter 5 Pesky pathogens . . . 99
Bundle up . . . 99
Invader individuality . . . 100
Moving target . . . 102
Bug buddies . . . 104
Laid low . . . 105
Fever favor . . . 106
Healthy as a dog . . . 107
Keep off the grass . . . 108
Vexing virus . . . 110
Cure claims . . . 112
Food zapper . . . 114
Laboratory life . . . 116
Building organisms . . . 117
Tick bites . . . 118
Oh, no–mono . . . 119
Kitchen germs . . . 120
Downers . . . 120
Mad cows . . . 122
Chapter 6 Assorted ailments . . . 125
Two-faced warrior . . . 125
Pimple food . . . 126
Much ado about nothing . . . 128
Hiccups attacking . . . 129
Attacking hiccups . . . 130
Gulp . . . 131
Knee forecast . . . 132
Brain whittling . . . 134
Head bop . . . 135
Cappuccino compulsion . . . 136
Many malignancies . . . 137
New skin . . . 138
On the mend . . . 139
Flakiness . . . 141
Charley horse . . . 142
Throbbin’ noggin . . . 143
Heart hurt . . . 144
Knowing thyself . . . 145
Halo of stars . . . 146
Hot, hot, hot . . . 147
Chapter 7 Uniquely human . . . 149
Odd eats . . . 149
Sink like a stone . . . 151
Dino breath . . . 152
Modern man . . . 153
World tour . . . 154
Tree house . . . 156
Loners . . . 157
Living link? . . . 158
Tears for fears . . . 160
Blind dreams . . . 161
Hullabaloo . . . 162
Sentiment sites . . . 163
Feeling groovy . . . 165
Mad genius . . . 166
Out of body . . . 168
Musical mind . . . 169
Chapter 8 Health nuts . . . 171
Counting calories . . . 171
Fat carbs, skinny carbs . . . 172
Combo meal . . . 174
Chugalug . . . 175
Cocoa craze . . . 176
Go the distance . . . 178
Exercise regimen . . . 179
Pounding the pavement . . . 180
Totally radical . . . 182
It’s elemental . . . 183
Color me young . . . 184
Vitamin virtues . . . 185
Fuel economy . . . 186
Fit to be sweaty . . . 188
Red and white . . . 188
Hold the sunny side . . . 190
Grain of salt . . . 191
Quicksilver . . . 193
Index . . . 195
