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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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drama and politics, now with less science!

Celebrity skeptics collapse in on themselves in a multi-blog feud that has absolutely nothing to do with science and education.
drama and politics, now with less science!

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yes, science is worth it. now please start giving a damn about it.

Far too many denizens of social media are upset that Curiosity cost $2.5 billion because they don't understand how and why that money was spent.
yes, science is worth it. now please start giving a damn about it.

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no, no, you should fear jargon

Jargon is useful, but not when you're tying to explain the fundamentals of your work.
no, no, you should fear jargon

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when a heat wave is just a heat wave

Sometimes it's hot for a couple of weeks. But sometimes, that heat wave is part of a pattern that hints at bad things to come...
when a heat wave is just a heat wave

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why yes virginia, there is a higgs boson

The existence of the Higgs boson has been confirmed and the Standard Model is upheld yet again. Now what?
why yes virginia, there is a higgs boson

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