Fascinating Facts About the Common Cold

As summer turns to fall, thoughts slowly turn to the inevitable winter sniffles. Thanks to increasing time spent indoors in close contact with other people, plus the fact that the kids are back at school (where they can spread things around faster than you can say COVERYOURMOUHTWHENYOUSNEEZE), cold rates go up during the colder months.

And just in time is a brand new book by super-talented science writer Jennifer Ackerman, called Ah-Choo! The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold. The crazy thing...