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Gene Expression: Americans are scientific geniuses (relatively) No, Razib, we're not geniuses. We're apparently just slightly less stupid than others. An Original Confession - Olivia Judson -...
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The Greenbelt: Man Sues Church After Prayer Is Granted This needs to be read to get the full effect. If you lack patience, here's the short version: Man prays for a powerful religious experience. Man...
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Beavers, wolves & boar, oh my - University of Oxford Interesting article on the issues that come up when previously lost species are reintroduced to an area. Daily Kos: GOP, the Know-Nothing Party...
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A Blog Around The Clock : The Giant's Shoulders #1 Bora brings us the inaugural edition of a new blog carnival devoted to posts that discuss classic scientific papers. If you're interested in history,...
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The Darwin Diet | Science | guardian.co.uk I'm not sure I'd try any of those diets out, but I'm not a fan of Atkins, either. The rise of the urban shepherd | Society | The Guardian At least one...
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Mingle2 - 9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex Cute. Not very cute, but cute. Leo Hickman: Ofcom's verdict on Channel 4 will feed the conspiracy theorists | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk He's...
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Video: Escaped chimp disarms zookeeper | Environment | guardian.co.uk Title says it all. Feministe » More On Medical Battery Yet another case of a surgeon going just a little bit beyond the procedure...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US man charged for shooting mower "It's my front yard, and I'll shoot if I want to, shoot if I want to, shoot if I want to. You would shoot too, if it broke down on you." Strange...
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UAlbany off party school list -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY The school that I started my very long undergraduate career at is no longer one of the top party schools in the country. But the food...
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...in our ongoing debate about government funding for scientific research is now available at his blog Freespace. I'm a bit tied up with other things today and tomorrow, so it may be Friday before I...
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