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Detecting Deceptive Opinion Spam
Ever seen a review like this? My husband and I satayed for two nights at the Hilton Chicago,and enjoyed every minute of it! The bedrooms are immaculate,and the linnens are…
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Reading Spencer’s Radiation Paper; Polar Bears Flap: Scientist Under Investigation
Thanks to all the readers who have altered me to Roy Spencer and William Braswell's new paper, "On the Misdiagnosis of Surface Temperature Feedbacks from Variations in Earth's Radiant Energy…
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Interest In Penile Length Among Academics Growing
Who said Finns don't have a sense of humor? One of Finland's very own has produced the second biggest joke of the year (the first obviously being our president and…
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Does Exposure To American Flag Shift Support Toward Republicanism?
It was just two red-white-and-blue weeks ago that we learned, via some Hahvard dons, that attending Fourth of July parades was likely to make one develop Republican sympathies. This finding…
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The Horrible Dangers Of Third-Hand Smoke
All countries have been known to periodically lose their minds. France in 1789 banned religion by the point of a blade, Russia in 1917 banned freedom by the barrel of…
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Does Second To Fourth Digit Ratio Predict You-Know-What Length?
From the storied Halls of Science comes an important new study, here abstracted from the Asian Journal of Andrology1. I apologize for the length of this excerpt, but it is…
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Food Deserts: Millions Of Californians Starving Themselves Into Obesity
The blubber is flowing in California. So says that State's venerable University, Los Angeles division. It's an epidemic! Both excessive fatness "increased significantly in just six years". This isn't the…
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Are Tree Rings Low Pass Temperature Filters?
I don't know the answer to this question: I am not an expert in this area, and I haven't the time or resources to track down the data to discover…