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a gravity fail goes viral, but is it real?

Gravity can be tricky when you don't seem to understand how it works...
a gravity fail goes viral, but is it real?

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a bad week for science in politics

Science-illiterate politicians spent their week proudly showing their ignorance in Congress.
a bad week for science in politics

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a real life attack of the clones?

How close are we to creating a literal army of clones? And more importantly, should we?
a real life attack of the clones?

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why the universe isn't built for life

The universe is not "made for life" as is often said. Life just, uh, finds a way.
why the universe isn't built for life

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oh wait, they're still serious?

The Texan Institute For Creation Research is still dead set on issuing an M.S. in creationism, and they have 80 pages of (nonsensical) reasons why.
oh wait, they're still serious?

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adding science to executive pay

Paradoxically, huge bonuses at relatively long intervals set us up for failure.
adding science to executive pay

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why morality came before religion

Evolutionarily speaking, ethics and morality before we even had a written language made humans the species we are today.
why morality came before religion

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the galactic grim reaper theory

A new paper suggests that mass extinctions happen in cycles based on Earth's movement through the galactic plane. But does the evidence really add up?
the galactic grim reaper theory

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why life has a bias to the left

Molecules that make life possible often have a leftward skew in their structure. Now we think we know why and how that happened.
why life has a bias to the left

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in critique of newtonism

How to apply creationist logic to Newtonian physics.
in critique of newtonism

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yes, we can look back in time

How do we know what happened billions of years ago in distant galaxies? Because physics only lets us see the past.
yes, we can look back in time

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making cancer in a can?

There's a good reason for cells to eventually die, and if they become immortal, very bad things happen...
making cancer in a can?

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the zombies are coming…

Zombies are real. They're just not the undead risen from their graves to feast on human flesh...
the zombies are coming…

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turkey's evolution woes

Turkey may be moving forward politically and economically, but it's heading backwards on science education.
turkey's evolution woes

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sorry, it's just not working out…

Why is reconciling science and religion so difficult? Because at their core, they're about two completely different, and opposite, things.
sorry, it's just not working out…

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