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Stats On Extra-Terrestrial Life
From the mailbag comes this question. Dear Professor Briggs, Thanks for your astutely iconoclastic posts. I'm very interested on your opinion as regards the "there's an infinite number of planets…
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Spanking Good For Future Education, Income: Researchers
Spanked as a child? A new peer-reviewed paper in the journal Pediatrics shows that girls are luckier than boys in avoiding spankings, that those who were spanked as children went…
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July 4th: It’s Summer And It’s Hot
[To be sung to the obvious tune] I have a sad story to tell you It might upset you a bit Last night I walked on the sidewalk And it…
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Would Finding E.T. Destroy Religion? Experts
Leave it to Live Science to ask Would Finding Aliens Shatter Religious Beliefs? Answer hint: maybe yes, maybe no. Experts say so. The discovery of life beyond Earth would shake…
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Statistics Mailbag
Because of my new gig and then my two-week sojourn at Cornell I am way behind in acknowledging all the emails and blog tips I have received. Nearly all stories…
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People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes
This picture decreases rape rates Some people who really ought to know better---but don't---reported on the peer-reviewed paper "Divergent Effects of Beliefs in Heaven and Hell on National Crime Rates"…
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Help Heidelberg From Closing!
Today is last day to log on to Heidelberg Restaurant and vote for them to receive a Small Business Grant. The Second Avenue subway construction is killing them. This is…
