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Dodgy Boffins
slate.com 1 day, 2 hours agoFor a few hours last week, I'd planned to write a column about the " five-second rule ." Scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in England had released a study showing that some foods (ham, cookies) were safer to eat than others (dried fruit, pasta) after being left on the floor to collect germs. The Huffington Post picked up the story, as did Gizmodo and Good Morning America and the TODAY Show . But the research,if that's even the right word to use here,was rotten from the start.










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