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Low Flow Toilets Equals No-Flow Sewers In San Francisco
If you're an environmentalist, particularly a San Francisco version of that creature (one of the most virulent of the breed), it must have come as quite a shock for you…
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Stock Tomato Seeds! Global Warming Is Coming!
It must be a joke. The punchline is surely coming. Ha, ha! Hoarding tomato seeds! Bars on his basement windows! Hilarious! This guy really nails nuttiness. He'll shame a few…
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And The Winner Goes To…Oscar Statistics Wrap Up
Our model was right: The King's Speech won. In this weekend's Oscar Statistics post, we modeled the chances of each nominated movie. We guessed that the movie most likely to…
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Oscar Statistics: Money, Men, and Maturity; Plus Our Predictions
This article was written with the assistance of the very employable John Briggs, who did all the grunt work. Also see And The Winner Goes To...Oscar Statistics Wrap Up. Which…
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We Need To Slaughter Owls To Save Them, Environmentalists
Here is a quiz to accurately determine how devoted an environmentalist you are. What is the best way to "save" Oregonian owls? (a) Ignore them and let them take care…
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Prettier Politicians Preferred At Polls
"It is well established that being beautiful confers many advantages on a person." This is the opening sentence of a break-through paper by two Swedes and a Finn. From that…
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Midweek Catchup: The Natural Advantage Of Doomsayers
Micro-economics of the End of the World As I sit contemplating my under-employment and its various causes, it became clear to me that my natural sunny disposition has hampered me.…
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Planet Could Be ‘Unrecognizable’ By 2050: Doom Just Around The Corner
If you are in your 40s now, as yours truly is (am?), then by 2050 you and the rest of our cohort will be dead or in our 80s. If…