Physics

Physics for Future Presidents: What the Leader of the Free World Needs to Know

Julian Brookes | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Julian Brookes

The president doesn't need to learn the math, but does need to know the physics. Which effects are most important, and which are negligible?

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New Rule: Circle Jerk

Bill Maher | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lyn Evans, Particle Collider, Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Physics, Science, Fermilab, Subatomic Particles, Electron Microscope, Large Hadron Collider, 236.Com, Politics News
Bill Maher

2008-09-17-maher2.jpg Now that you turned it on and the world did not end, you can stop trying to make me give a rat's ass about the Large Hadron Collider.

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Carol Maric

I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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Jesus and Deepak in Midtown

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Christianity, Consciousness, Jesus Christ, Books, Physics, Jesus, Living News
Alison Rose Levy

Last night Deepak Chopra spoke of Jesus. It was the eve of the publication of his book, The Third Jesus, (Harmony, 2008) which is currently a high-ran...

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2 Physicists Win Nobel Prize For "One Of The First Real Applications Of Nanotechnology"

AP | MATT MOORE and KARL RITTER | Posted 10.09.2007 | Home

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France's Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that lets billions of computer users st...

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