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watching the end of an eccentric's journal

The Journal of Cosmology is closing its doors. Bloggers relying on clicks from picking apart deeply flawed studies are devastated.
watching the end of an eccentric's journal

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the strange and complicated world of placebos

Placebos are all in the mind, but that doesn't mean they're not extremely powerful.
the strange and complicated world of placebos

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pop sci eugenics, now with good intentions

No matter how good the intentions, designing the babies of a future generations is simply not going to work in the long term.
pop sci eugenics, now with good intentions

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an anecdotal example of denialist logic

Playing peekaboo with weather and mistaking it for climate across the entire planet is really not something to advertise publicly...
an anecdotal example of denialist logic

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why you really need to pick the right experts

Michio Kaku is an expert in theoretical physics. This is why it's not surprising that he's reciting for sci-fi cliches about evolution instead of the actual science.
why you really need to pick the right experts

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you can hear heisenberg's ghost weeping

Robert Lanza is back and he thinks he knows how to cheat death and create your own afterlife with some very self-absorbed woo...
you can hear heisenberg's ghost weeping

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homeopathic physics abuse vs. the skeptics

According to Mike Adams, homeopathy is superior to actual medicine because it actually doesn't seem to do anything.
homeopathic physics abuse vs. the skeptics

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post-modernism, coming soon to aol.com?

AOL is helping to spread woo across the web not because it believes in what post modern cargo cult science preaches, but because it doesn't care.
post-modernism, coming soon to aol.com?

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cooking, now with extra science and precision

Cooking is primarily an art. Nathan Myhrvold wants to make it much more of a science with a creative flair.
cooking, now with extra science and precision

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scavenger or predator, the great t. rex debate

A pair of studies show that T-Rex must have hunted down and killed prey if it didn't want to starve to death.
scavenger or predator, the great t. rex debate

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is it viable cold fusion or an imminent scam?

Two Italians claim they cracked cold fusion and are ready to build a small power plant for paying customers. Their proof, however, points to this being an obvious scam.
is it viable cold fusion or an imminent scam?

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evo psych gets a scowl from two biologists

Evolutionary psychology sounds like a fruitful pursuit, but it's probably barking up the wrong tree as a discipline.
evo psych gets a scowl from two biologists

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biologos draws a theological line in the sand

Biologos openly declares that the only science they will accept is science tinged by a heavy religious bias.
biologos draws a theological line in the sand

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a good reason not to try sex in space. yet.

Embryos outside of Earth's gravity seem to have a hard time developing, meaning that reproduction in space requires a far more fine tuned environment.
a good reason not to try sex in space. yet.

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just when you think something is undeniable…

Believe it or not, there's a growing group of people trying to cherry-pick a medical case that obesity isn't bad for you.
just when you think something is undeniable…

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