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The Persistence of Memory

Jaime Lubin | Posted 05.21.2013 | New York
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Jaime Lubin

Near the end of "Bad Role Models," Frost wonders, "Is life more like a dream, or a movie?" When immersed in the quick-paced cinematic atmosphere Frost creates onstage, I'm inclined to say "movie."

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Famous Thought Experiment Finally Becomes Reality

Posted 03.17.2013 | Science
Read More: Thought Experiment, Nobel Prize, Video, Physicists, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Double-Slit Experiment, Feynman Experiment, Particle Physics, Richard Feynman, Science News

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/15/2013 09:06 AM EDT on LiveScience Scientists have finally performed a famous experiment de...

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We Must Do More Than Think. We Must Observe

Victor Stenger | Posted 01.09.2013 | Science
Read More: Democritus, History of Science, Scientific Method, Lucretius, Atoms, Richard Feynman, Philosophy of Science, Physicists, Physics Philosophy, Physics, Particle Physics, Science News
Victor Stenger

A logical deduction can tell you nothing that is not already embedded in its premises. All a logical deduction does is enable you to determine whether or not some conclusion is consistent with some set of premises.

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PHOTOS: 11 Celebrated Sci-Tech Figures Who Used Drugs

Posted 07.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Steve Jobs, Video, Scientists Who Used Drugs, Marijuana, Smart People Drugs, Thomas Edison, Drugs, Sigmund Freud, Scientists Drugs, Slideexpand, Stephen Jay Gould, Kary Mullis, Lsd, Richard Feynman, Scientists on Drugs, Cocaine, Science News

You've probably heard that Sigmund Freud was a cocaine user. At the age of 28, he wrote his fiancee a letter in which he described himself as "a big w...

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The Trick That Fooled Einstein

Alex Stone | Posted 09.11.2012 | Science
Read More: Magic, Einstein, Ian Rowland, Illusion, Richard Feynman, Magic Tricks, Science News
Alex Stone

A lot of people don't like magic because it make them feel stupid, but getting fooled by magic tricks says little about your intelligence. Indeed, the annals of science are replete with accounts of brilliant professors taken in by dime-store swindles.

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REVEALED: Secret FBI Files Of Famous Physicist

Posted 06.15.2012 | Science
Read More: Quantum Physics, Video, Science History, Physics, Richard Feynman FBI, Science, Fbi Files, Fbi, Science News, Richard Feynman, Science News

By: LiveScience Staff Published: 06/15/2012 09:21 AM EDT on LiveScience Physicist Richard Feynman helped create the atomic bomb, shared a Nobel Pr...

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WATCH: Star Scientists 'Awesome' In Autotune Video

Posted 02.24.2013 | Science
Read More: Lawrence Krauss, Video, Symphony of Science, Science, Science News, Music, We Are Stardust, Richard Feynman, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Universe, Science News

Who knew autotune could be awe-inspiring? Some of the biggest names in science present and past--Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Fey...

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Jazz, Math, Tech & Lyle Mays

Joseph Vella | Posted 02.19.2012 | Arts
Read More: Caltech, Math, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny Group, Technology, Jazz, Caltechtedx, Richard Feynman, Michael Roukes, Feynman's Vision: The Next 50 Years, Video, Arts News
Joseph Vella

One of the most intriguing events in jazz this year that went largely unnoticed was something that I accidentally stumbled upon.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: We Are All Connected

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Chemistry, Connection, Video, Bill Nye, Talk Nerdy to Me, Biology, Humankind, Nature, Science, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Universe, Home News

2011-11-28-djfdjigrigjifdjfjfhjghfjghdnfdhfjdf.jpgIf you haven't already done so, please take a moment to vote on what you'd like to talk nerdy about in December.

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The Beauty In Science And The Beauty In Judaism

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 01.07.2012 | Religion
Read More: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Beauty, Judaism, Richard Feynman, Judaism Science Beauty, Religion and Science, Natural Beauty, Awe, Curiosity, Video, Religion News
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman

But what's fascinating is that two of elements -- curiosity and awe -- are two of the driving forces behind both science and Judaism. They are what lead us to see their inherent beauty.

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What Newt Gingrich Reveals In His Many Book Reviews

The Washington Post | Posted 07.12.2011 | Books
Read More: Black Hawk Down, Bob Woodward, Francine Matthews, Mark Bowden, Book Reviews, Bush at War, Newt Gingrich Book Reviews, Newt Gingrich, Newt Gingrich Book, Richard Feynman, Books News

Newt Gingrich’s battles against the forces of government spending have been well documented, less so his struggles to comprehend the mysteries of qu...

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Obama and Oil Drilling: How Can You Be Sure?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Michael Leahy, Gulf of Mexico, Policy, Richard Feynman, Legislation, Barack Obama, Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster, Politics, Nasa, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Challenger Space Shuttle, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Washington Post, Hurricane Katrina, Juliet Eilperin, Offshore Energy, Climate Bill, Ken Salazar, Columbia Space Shuttle, Green News
Bill Chameides

Is the benefit of the extra oil we will get from deepwater drilling (half a year's worth of additional crude) worth the environmental risks of another major accident? The Obama administration has obviously decided yes.

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A Conversation With Creed's Mark Tremonti, Plus Robert Plant, The Black Crowes, and Freetime With Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Black Crowes, Slash, Cartoons, Alter Bridge, Clem Snide, The Fuzzy Stones, The Meat of Life, Achy Breaky Heart, The Lord of the Rings, Myles Kennedy, Eef Barzelay, Margaret Thatcher, ASCAP Royalties, Ant Man Bee, Mtv, Hank Williams, Creed, Indie Rock, Theft, Red, Larry the Cable Guy, Metaphysics, Elijah Wood, Multiverse, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alt-Country, Alternate Universe, The Faculty, Mark Tremonti, God, Fuzzy Logic, The Doors, Cleveland, I Love the Unknown, Robert Plant, Scott Stapp, Skillet, Frodo, Los Lobos, Louie Perez, David Hidalgo, Mitch Hedberg, Richard Feynman, Timothy Leary, Spinal Tap, Rolling Stone, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

MR: Even though it was released last year, Full Circle is going strong, and this tour is more or less a continuation of the reunion. What was it like getting back together with the other guys?

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It's Not That Complicated. People Like to Get High

Jason Silva | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Cannabis, Mark Healy, It's Complicated, Legalize Marijuana, Marijuana, Richard Feynman, It's Complicated Marijuana, Impact News
Jason Silva

When the MPAA gave the romantic comedy "It's Complicated" an R rating, they were making a very clear statement: showing successful, cosmopolitan adults enjoying marijuana with no consequences is somehow worthy of restriction.

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Big Science in a Small City

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Humor, Physics, Women and Science, Dr. Susan Love, Richard Feynman, Kirsten Sanford, Caltech, Lisa Randall, Harvard, Michelle Thaller, James Joyce, Violin, Fiddle, Bluegrass, Quirks, Science, Cwa, Albert Einstein, Quarks, Cu, Style News
Sharon Glassman

Lingo without linguistics can be dangerous, I knew. One of the great things about life out West is that people respect newbies. And they don't begrudge mistakes.

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