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conservapedia faces off against einstein

Yes, the rumors are true, Conservapedia, the right wing anti-Wikipedia, thinks relativity is a liberal plot to indoctrinate new atheists.
conservapedia faces off against einstein

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how cranks and mad scientists are born

Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...
how cranks and mad scientists are born

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there's a reason we call it a target audience…

NYT's Virginia Heffernan seems shocked and appalled that popular science blogs aren't dry, purely academic exercises in summarizing scientific papers.
there's a reason we call it a target audience…

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luddites add chemistry to their arsenal

Good regulation is based on facts and peer-reviewed studies, not scaremongering and chemophobia.
luddites add chemistry to their arsenal

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would you like some science in your pop sci?

Here's to hoping that the Discovery Channel does right by Phil Plait's show...
would you like some science in your pop sci?

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presenting paradox-free quantum time travel?

Quantum time travel experiments hint that physics creates closed time loops, meaning you can't change history.
presenting paradox-free quantum time travel?

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dear new scientist, are you missing a backbone?

The magazine is allowing an angry crank with a vendetta against an editor to dictate what stories it will publish and pull.
dear new scientist, are you missing a backbone?

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why it's so hard to argue with a famous crank

In response to a lengthy presentation debunking his claims, Christopher Monckton did the only thing he knows how to do: throw a massive tantrum.
why it's so hard to argue with a famous crank

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the amazing, shrinking science blogging network

Things are not looking good for ScienceBlogs as the aftermath of the Sodageddon propels more of its writers to escape velocity...
the amazing, shrinking science blogging network

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a brief addendum to the limits of philosophy…

Revisiting the "if you believe in science, you're doing it wrong" debate with an epistemological bent.
a brief addendum to the limits of philosophy…

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trying to find the limits of philosophy

At what point do considering the limits of our knowledge and different ways of understanding turn into pointless navel-gazing?
trying to find the limits of philosophy

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why should professional science blogs be taboo?

Alt med skeptic David Colquhoun warns professional bloggers that money will taint their coverage, vastly estimating how much blogging pays.
why should professional science blogs be taboo?

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hold on to your protons. this could be huge…

Protons might be a little smaller than we thought, and that means we may need to rewrite a lot of the rules we thought we understood about the quantum world.
hold on to your protons. this could be huge…

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examining the aftermath of the pop-pocalypse

Pepsi's presence on ScienceBlogs caused an extreme overreaction and revealed a major lack of foresight, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea in the first place.
examining the aftermath of the pop-pocalypse

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does our planet need a biological reset button?

Can we recreate life on Earth after a mass extinction? And if we could, do we really want to?
does our planet need a biological reset button?

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