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The Power of the Written Word

Susannah Meyer | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Galileo, Gutenberg, Written Word, Magna Carta, Martin Luther, Writing, History of Print, Egypt Revolution, Teen News
Susannah Meyer

We can spread awareness of anything happening in the world, large or small. We may be able to prevent a negative outcome that could have arisen from help coming too late. And that can make all the difference.

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Here's One Thing Apple Never Thought Of

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.03.2012

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Galileo, a new high-tech device, is about to make iPhone FaceTime feel a lot more like in-person face time. (h/t Co. Design) The Galileo is a 360-d...

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Strange Artifact Dug Up in 18th Century Toilet

Posted 03.28.2012

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By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/26/2012 06:18 PM EDT on LiveScience Five telescopes made of bone and dating to the 18th ce...

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Theater: F. Murray Abraham, Early O'Neill and a Victorian Adventuress

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Off Broadway, Song From the Uproar, Early Plays, Galileo, NY Theater, New York Around Town, New York Theater, Culture News
Michael Giltz

The winter theater season in New York has a certain rhythm. A few shows open on Broadway and then there's a lull until the crush of big names in March, April and May. Here are three shows, all of them aiming high though not succeeding for one reason or another.

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Academy Award Winner Stars As Galileo In Bertol Brecht Play

AP | PETER SANTILLI | Posted 04.24.2012

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NEW YORK — Theatergoers arriving at Classic Stage Company's new off-Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo" might feel like they inste...

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Stage Door: Galileo and Sesame Street Live's 1-2-3-Imagine!

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Sesame Street, Theater, Csc, Madison Square Garden, Off-Broadway, F. Murray Abraham, Galileo, Culture News
Fern Siegel

What strikes audiences immediately at the CSC production of Brecht's Galileo is how modern it feels. Today's polarizing political landscape, with attacks on established scientific theories, is a chilling reminder that Galileo's struggles mirror our own.

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Massacre At Jerusalem -- Do The Crusades Still Matter?

Jay Rubenstein | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: War Crimes, Islam, Bill Clinton, Jihad, Crusades, Pilgrimage, Apocalypse, Jerusalem, Middle East, Massacre, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Christianity, Galileo, Vatican, Evangelicals, Massacre in Jerusalem, Jerusalem Massacre, Religion News
Jay Rubenstein

For better or worse, we remember the First Crusade now. But how should we do so? What did the battle of Jerusalem mean in 1099, and why should we care today?

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The Spirit Ends When The Brain Dies

Michael Graziano | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Mind.Body.Soul, Galileo, Spirituality and Evolution, Darwinism, God Soul Mind Brain, Brain Science, Religion and Science, Consciousness and the Soul, Darwin, Neuroscience and Spirituality, Atheism and Religion, History, Neuroscience and Religion, Life After Death, Neuroscience of Consciousness, Brain, Consciousness, Charles Darwin, Morality and Religion, Moral Religion, Evolution, Atheism, Spirituality, Religion News
Michael Graziano

There is no part of the brain that, when damaged, takes away the Cartesian soul. Instead damage to different structures takes away different chunks of the mind.

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Libraries: Information and Knowledge Spaces II

Carla Leitao | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Empire, Cavendish, Alexandria, Library, Imperial, Libraries, Architecture, Design, Galileo, Mcluhan, Letters, Monastery, Authorship, Knowledge, Descartes, Erasmus, Landscape, Library Space, New York Public Library, Library Spaces, Los Angeles Public Library, American Library Association, Arts News
Carla Leitao

Libraries are located at a unique intersection of spatial design. They are spaces that store, articulate and distribute formats (media), which are vessels of information.

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Up on the Roof, Part 2

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Boston University, Lro, Astronomy, Double Stars, Galileo, Solar System, Moon, Jupiter, Student Journalism, Student Scientist, Observatory, College Scientist, Outer Space, College News
Zoe P. Strassfield

Galileo could probably see more stars from Florence than we could from Boston, but I had a feeling his sense of relaxation in turning to the skies after a long day was probably similar to my own.

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The Galileo Affair: Emblematic Or Exceptional?

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Teilhard De Chardin, Roger Bacon, Giordano Bruno, History of Science, Religion and Science, Hypatia, Galileo, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

For many, the Galileo affair was emblematic of Christianity's inherent antagonism towards science and reason. Sadly, the "pattern" theory has a problem.

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The Bible Is A Library, Not A Book

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Adam and Eve, Biblical Literalism, Bible, Galileo, Scripture Commentary, Bible Study, What Is the Bible, Understanding the Bible, Interpreting the Bible, Bible Criticism, Bible Scholarship, Religion News
Karl Giberson, Ph.D

The Bible is not a book. It is dozens of very different books bound together. The assumption that identifying one part as fiction undermines the factual character of another part is ludicrous.

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It's Sale Time in Saratoga

Liz O'Connell | Posted 10.06.2011

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Liz O'Connell

The Saratoga Sale of select thoroughbred yearlings is upon us again. One hundred and sixty yearlings are cataloged to sell at the Fasig-Tipton pavilion in Saratoga Springs, the evenings of August 8 and 9.

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GOP Antiscientists Are Leading America Down a Dangerous Road

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 09.17.2011

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Shawn Lawrence Otto

Americans should support the rarer and rarer Republican candidates that are pro-science. Nations that have strayed too far down the path of placing ideology ahead of science have come out losers, both economically and in terms of global power.

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Christianity Has Evolved Too

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Islam, Bill Maher, Darwin, Mike Huckabee, Christianity, Science, Galileo, Evolution, Jack Kingston, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Religion Science, American Christianity, Science and Religion, Science Education, Religion News
Tina Dupuy

Darwin's theory of evolution is 160 years old. Christianity has been thriving for more than 1700 years. So, evolution denial is a new modification for the religion.

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Should Christianity Be Blamed For Torture?

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Galileo, Jerry Coyne, Religion and Torture, Secular Torture, History of Torture, Catholic Inquisition, Spanish Inquisition, Christianity and Torture, Torture in History, Religion News
Karl Giberson, Ph.D

Both secular and religious institutions employed torture. The popular impression that it was primarily a religious activity indicates the success of the anti-religion culture warriors telling their sensationalized version of history

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People Who Think They Know Everything Are Usually Wrong

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lisa Earle McLeod

Are you like Galileo? Or do you approach life more like a scared Roman? In 1663 Galileo Galilei was jailed as a heretic for stargazinghaving the aud...

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2010 Elections -- The New Inquisitors

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

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John DeCock

The Inquisitions were infamous for their intolerance and hostility to science. Six centuries later, we still have wannabe inquisitors among us, and they are growing their ranks through the support of like-minded candidates.

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Street Art Fights Censorship: Titi From Paris (PHOTOS)

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janine Kotwica, Roman Catholic Church, Enlightenment, Galileo, Nicole Claveloux, Jean Claverie, Christian Manable, France, Le Monde, Titi From Paris, Steven P. Harrington, L'Observatoire De La Censure, Censorship, André François, Tomi Ungerer, For Adults Only, Amiens, Paris, Art, Erotica, Street Art, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Clown-like men with whitewash brushes, winged pigs and similarly snouted animals flying over long texts decrying the idiocy of censorship.

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Life at the SETI Institute: Paul Estrada -- From Dust to Planets

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SETI Institute, Universe, Nasa, Cassini, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Galileo, Cosmos, Space Exploration, Planets, Astrophysics, Planet Formation, Moons, Callisto, Ganymede, Satellites, Voyager, Saturn, Solar System, Jupiter, Science, Technology News
SETI Institute

By Gail Jacobs If planets are a dime a dozen, moons are less than a penny each. There are at least 139 moons just within our own solar system. Most o...

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Two Bits: News Ratings and Heresy

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael E. Mann, Time Warner, Heresy, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Galileo, Ken Cuccinelli, Atlanta, Ap, CNN Ratings, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

I am in the midst of writing a long and serious paper and have recently neglected Huff Post, but two occurrences seem so newsworthy that I will briefl...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Cynthia Phillips -- Decipering the Cosmic Puzzle

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SETI Institute, Europa, Cassini, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Jupiter, Galileo, Mars, Image Processing, Planet, Io, Nasa, Astrobiology, Cosmos, Universe, Technology News
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By Gail Jacobs An expert in processing spacecraft images of the planets, Dr. Cynthia Phillips is particularly interested in the search for active ge...

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Paradise & Little Vigils: Conversations with Judy Collins and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Johnson, Greg Allman, Tom Paxton, Little Milton, Jim Chastain, Chrissie Hyde, Pat Robertson, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Judy Collins, Paul Yarrow, Stephen Stills, David Buskin, Kenny White, Dan Fogelberg, Al Cooper, Peter Paul & Mary, The Rolling Stones, Elektra Records, Bill Clinton, Mimi FariñA, Chelsea Clinton, David Batteau, The Blues Project, Tim Weissberg, Crosby Stills & Nash, Galileo, Zack Hickman, Amy Speace, Paul Gauguin, Bob Dylan, Jesse Valenzuela, Gin Blossoms, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grateful Dead, Leonard Cohen, The Allman Brothers, Charles Darwin, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, John Denver, Jackson Browne, Billboard, Joni Mitchell, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Beck, Rufus Wainwright, Beradette Peters, Chris Smither, Buddy Miller, Jimmy Webb, 9/11, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Collins discusses her new album, which includes a song about 9/11 and a duet recorded with Joan Baez, and what it's like to have the President of the United States name his child after your record.

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Life at the SETI Institute: From Galileo to Cassini -- 400 Years of Saturn's Rings

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

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SETI Institute

This week, it will be easy to repeat Galileo's famous experiment. Shortly after sunset, look toward the west and you will see three planets in a line. If you are very lucky, you might make out Saturn's rings.

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Life at the SETI Institute: Europa -- Exploration of an Extraterrestrial Ocean

SETI Institute | Posted 05.25.2011

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SETI Institute

By Dr. Cynthia B. Phillips Planetary geologist at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute Jupiter's moon Europa ...

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