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what alcohol can tell us about the fate of the universe

Alcohol isn't just the cause of and answer to most of life's problems, it also tells us something fundamental about the nature of all matter.
what alcohol can tell us about the fate of the universe

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and now for something surprisingly simpler

It seems we finally understand something about black holes and their behavior.
and now for something surprisingly simpler

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when a geneticist tackles intelligence, badly

Geneticist Jerry Crabtree jumps on the natural-selection-for-humans-is-dead bandwagon with a study of human intelligence that doesn't say what he thinks it does.
when a geneticist tackles intelligence, badly

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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

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mind-controlled psychopaths, coming soon to a battlefield near you?

Scientists found a way to temporary induce psychopathy in text subjects, and that has some mulling the darker applications of this technology.
mind-controlled psychopaths, coming soon to a battlefield near you?

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is it cold fusion or just a scam, revisited

Andrea Rossi is still keeping up his cold fusion scam and taking a community of fervent believers for a ride in the process.
is it cold fusion or just a scam, revisited

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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

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why our vision should go beyond our noses

Giving until it hurts is a feel good battlecry, not a viable strategy for development and progress.
why our vision should go beyond our noses

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when doing agenda science, threaten to sue your critics

The author of the roundly criticized anti-GMO study appeared to know it wouldn't be well received, which is why he threatened to sue any vocal critic before the publication date.
when doing agenda science, threaten to sue your critics

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is this the real life, is this just a complex cosmological simulation?

A new experiment is attempting to find out whether we may be living in some sort of simulation.
is this the real life, is this just a complex cosmological simulation?

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when bad science, mass media, and luddism mix

Anti-GMO activists are defending an extremely flawed study with all their bad faith rhetorical guns blazing.
when bad science, mass media, and luddism mix

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south korea tells creationists to back off

South Korea reverses its creationist-friendly course after consulting with scientists over the contents of its school textbooks.
south korea tells creationists to back off

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no, cosmic rays aren't to blame for climate change

For supernovae to have a real impact on our climate, they'd have to be a lot closer and happen a lot more often.
no, cosmic rays aren't to blame for climate change

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why a good story doesn't make for good reasoning

It's not a revelation that people like creationist "just-so" stories. Pundits need to stop insisting that scientists make up some of their own.
why a good story doesn't make for good reasoning

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the peter principle stacks the deck against science

Too many of the lawmakers who sit on the House Science and Technology Committee are the absolute worst people to be on such a committee.
the peter principle stacks the deck against science

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