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# politics    

on sport fighting, porn, entertainment, and objectification

Of all the ways we objectify each other, adult entertainment and sport fighting are hardly the worst in the grand scheme of things.
on sport fighting, porn, entertainment, and objectification

# oddities    

shadow nation, now on amazon.com

The sci-fi experiment is now loose on Amazon.com for less than the price of a latte.
shadow nation, now on amazon.com

# oddities    

here's to surviving another apocalypse

Weird Things survives two ends of the world, which should be some sort of record for a weird science blog.
here's to surviving another apocalypse

# sex    

when surveys, sociology, and porn intersect…

The idea that sexual abuse and careers in porn go hand in hand isn't true according to a survey of adult performers. But the context of the findings and public reactions to them are still quite unsettling.
when surveys, sociology, and porn intersect…

# tech    

why hollywood needs to leave the hacking to the experts

It's not just the Home Alone vibe of Skyfall that should irk viewers...
why hollywood needs to leave the hacking to the experts

# science    

the bizaarre, yet possible physics of r'lyeh

Why is R'yleh, the fictional underwater city where Cthulhu lies dead-dreaming, appear so insanely unreal, literally? One physicist thinks he knows the answer.
the bizaarre, yet possible physics of r'lyeh

# science    

the trouble with tales from the clinical deathbed

We want to believe tales of an afterlife from those who were clinically dead, but we also have to keep the caveats to their stories in mind...
the trouble with tales from the clinical deathbed

# education    

when online mobs start asking for your head

It's one thing when a digital mob goes after you when you do something worthy of criticism. But what happens if it descends on you for succeeding?
when online mobs start asking for your head

# science    

expertise, and how to fake having it online

If you're going to fake being an expert online, you better learn the tricks of the pseudo-expert trade.
expertise, and how to fake having it online

# evolution    

being not even wrong would've been better

Forget millions of years of evolution and key mutations. Humans apparently owe their existence magic mushrooms from another dimension.
being not even wrong would've been better

# tech    

sopa was horrible, but piracy is still a problem

Piracy might not kill entertainment as we know it, but the justifications for why it's supposedly harmless seem to fall short of their goal.
sopa was horrible, but piracy is still a problem

# education    

the epic skeptical beat poem is let loose

Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.
the epic skeptical beat poem is let loose

# tech    

could artificial intelligence need a threapist?

"Listen, sometimes I just get the urge to kill all humans. You know?"
could artificial intelligence need a threapist?

# oddities    

when a mad genius takes on the singularity

Dr. Steel is all in for The Singularity in a promo for a new single by the same name.
when a mad genius takes on the singularity

# science    

so a science comedian walks into a lab…

Jokes don't have to be just funny or scientifically accurate. Comedian Brian Malow is on a mission to show they can be both.
so a science comedian walks into a lab…

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