I have a lurid fascination with being forced to fund research to prove the obvious, such as that men want hot women. Today’s news offers another example:


Report: Rising sea levels would threaten NC coast
RALEIGH, N.C. ? A new federal report says cities on North Carolina’s coastline would be threatened if sea levels increase. …


Likewise, a study that proved that people would die a high-pitched death if all the oxygen in the atmosphere were replaced with helium would be just as obvious ? and be just as scant of proof that the studied danger is imminent or worth worrying about.