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Carbon coaching
In one Seinfeld episode, Kramer has joined the annual Manhattan AIDS walk but has refused to wear the symbolic twisted red ribbon. He is confronted by an angry group of…
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Blasphemy Contest winner announced
Still settling in here in the land of endless (and depressing) sunshine. More on climategate coming shortly. Two months ago, the Center for Inquiry sponsored a Blasphemy Contest. The results…
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Evolutionary medicine: my death rate delta v finally goes negative
Apologies for the slowness in answering comments and lack of podcasts this week, but I was dying and my voice was shot. Gross talk alert: read no further if the…
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Windows 7? Why not Linux, instead?
My logs show that only a paltry 3.6% of readers have reached Complete Enlightenment. The bad news is that 83.1% of you live a hellish existence and suffer regular torments…
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French woman led away in chains for refusing to be safe
I'm exaggerating only slightly. What happened was that a woman, while entering the subway, refused to hold the handrail of the escalator she was on. This is against the law…
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What scientific or technological advance would you most like to see in your lifetime?
The real geeks among us long for synthohol. Only Class A nerds know, or admit to knowing, what it is, too. But I have to tell you, your potential partner's…
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CBC’s How to Think Aboot Science series
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a great web site with a series (so far on-going) How to Think Aboot Science. I recommend the site as a great resource for interviews…