Thursday, December 9, 2010

Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics

Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics

The Great Debate Panel: Can Scientists Determine What is, in Fact, Right and Wrong?

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Baby aspirin linked to reduced cancer deaths - latimes.com

Baby aspirin linked to reduced cancer deaths - latimes.com

Microbe gets toxic response : Nature News

Microbe gets toxic response : Nature News

A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus | Science/AAAS

A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus | Science/AAAS

Sex, Frogs, and Rock & Roll

Sex, Frogs, and Rock & Roll

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Cosmic Log - Could X particle solve two puzzles?

Cosmic Log - Could X particle solve two puzzles?

Mathematical immortality? Name that theorem - physics-math - 03 December 2010 - New Scientist

Mathematical immortality? Name that theorem - physics-math - 03 December 2010 - New Scientist

New life form found on Earth: Deadly arsenic breathes life into organisms (Update, Video)

New life form found on Earth: Deadly arsenic breathes life into organisms (Update, Video)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Alice Bell: The Myth of Scientific Literacy

Alice Bell: The Myth of Scientific Literacy

The Skeptic's Skeptic: Scientific American

The Skeptic's Skeptic: Scientific American: "X"

The strange behavior of positronium could unlock the secrets of the universe

The strange behavior of positronium could unlock the secrets of the universe

At Milky Way’s Center, Scientists Find Big Bubbles of Energy - NYTimes.com

At Milky Way’s Center, Scientists Find Big Bubbles of Energy - NYTimes.com

Epigenetics Seeks Clues to Mental Illness in Genes’ Life Story - Science in 2011 - NYTimes.com

Epigenetics Seeks Clues to Mental Illness in Genes’ Life Story - Science in 2011 - NYTimes.com

Seth Shostak: Are We a Biological Miracle?

Seth Shostak: Are We a Biological Miracle?

What Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light? | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

What Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light? | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Allais Paradox | Wired Science�| Wired.com

The Allais Paradox | Wired Science�| Wired.com

HTwins.net - The Scale of the Universe

HTwins.net - The Scale of the Universe

Why genes are leftwing | Oliver James | Comment is free | The Guardian

Why genes are leftwing | Oliver James | Comment is free | The Guardian

The Knobe Effect

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Fermilab is Building a 'Holometer' to Determine Once and For All Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion | Popular Science

Fermilab is Building a 'Holometer' to Determine Once and For All Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion | Popular Science

Malawi cichlids – how aggressive males create diversity | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

Malawi cichlids – how aggressive males create diversity | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson

3quarksdaily: "The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson"

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Benoît Mandelbrot, 1924-2010

3quarksdaily: "Beno�t Mandelbrot, 1924-2010"

The Knobe Effect

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Societies evolve in steps : Nature News

Societies evolve in steps : Nature News

The Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Converter

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So, what does Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design tell us about God? - By Peter Galison - Slate Magazine

So, what does Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design tell us about God? - By Peter Galison - Slate Magazine

Feeling chipper, the wood ant caught bringing science to life | Mail Online

Feeling chipper, the wood ant caught bringing science to life | Mail Online

Cosmic Log - Bacteria can walk on 'legs'

Cosmic Log - Bacteria can walk on 'legs'

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New Yorker

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New Yorker

Graphene Will Change the Way We Live

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Craig Callender and Sean Carroll � Philosophy TV

Craig Callender and Sean Carroll � Philosophy TV: "Craig Callender and Sean Carroll"

Who's Counting: Do Summer Births Mean More Boy Births? - ABC News

Who's Counting: Do Summer Births Mean More Boy Births? - ABC News

Cosmic Log - Scrunched-up dimensions untangled

Cosmic Log - Scrunched-up dimensions untangled

How cheaper genomes fuel science

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The Human Hard Drive: How We Make (And Lose) Memories | Going Mental | Big Think

The Human Hard Drive: How We Make (And Lose) Memories | Going Mental | Big Think

Some antidepressants alter peoples' moral judgement

Some antidepressants alter peoples' moral judgement

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Deepak Chopra: Stephen Hawking's Grand Book -- Where Is the Design?

Deepak Chopra: Stephen Hawking's Grand Book -- Where Is the Design?

Gary Hart: The Collapse of Basic Assumptions and Conventional Wisdom

Gary Hart: The Collapse of Basic Assumptions and Conventional Wisdom

Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming and Human-Induced Changes at the North Pole

Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming and Human-Induced Changes at the North Pole

Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate

Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate

Revealed: The right moves for men on the dance floor

Revealed: The right moves for men on the dance floor

"Delusions of Gender": The bad science of brain sexism - Nonfiction - Salon.com

"Delusions of Gender": The bad science of brain sexism - Nonfiction - Salon.com

What Does It Mean for a Theory to Function as an Accounting Method? : Evolution for Everyone

What Does It Mean for a Theory to Function as an Accounting Method? : Evolution for Everyone

Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics

3quarksdaily: "Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics"

I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly

3quarksdaily: "I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly"

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Prozac for the Planet: an article by Christopher Cokinos | The American Scholar

Prozac for the Planet: an article by Christopher Cokinos | The American Scholar

Stephen Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe - Telegraph

Stephen Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe - Telegraph

Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives - NYTimes.com

Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives - NYTimes.com

What Is Consciousness?

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"Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?"

3quarksdaily: "Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?"

symmetry breaking � Blog Archive � The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

symmetry breaking � Blog Archive � The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

Darby Roach: Why We Like What We Like

Darby Roach: Why We Like What We Like

When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science

3quarksdaily: "When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science"

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: 8 Ways to Unplug and Recharge Your Brain

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: 8 Ways to Unplug and Recharge Your Brain

Steven Gubser on String Theory

3quarksdaily: "Steven Gubser on String Theory"

The secret history of psychedelic psychiatry : Neurophilosophy

The secret history of psychedelic psychiatry : Neurophilosophy

First Ant Genomes Promise Insight into Epigenetics and Longevity: Scientific American

First Ant Genomes Promise Insight into Epigenetics and Longevity: Scientific American

Back From the Future: Can Measurements Performed in the Future Influence the Present?

3quarksdaily: "Back From the Future: Can Measurements Performed in the Future Influence the Present?"

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3quarksdaily: "Infinite Doppelg�ngers May Explain Quantum Probabilities"