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Eat Less, Live Longer, New Study Says

nytimes.com | Nicholas Wade | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Longevity, Live Longer, Dieting, Health, Science, Diet, Health Study, Eat Less, Weight Loss, Living News

A long-awaited study of aging in rhesus monkeys suggests, with some reservations, that people could in principle fend off the usual diseases of old ag...

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Sahil Kapur

Only Six Percent Of Scientists Are Republicans: Pew Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Republicans, Scientists GOP, Science Republicans, Science GOP, Scientists Snub GOP, Pew Research, Politics News

A new study by the Pew Research Center finds that the GOP is alienating scientists to a startling degree. Only six percent of America's scientists id...

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Post's Krauthammer Pushes Dangerous Fantasy

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nobel Prize, Richard Garwin, Nuclear Weapons, Charles Krauthammer, Missile Defense, George W. Bush, Union-of-Concerned-Scientists, Ted Postol, Start Treaty, Neoconservatives, Science, United States, Washington Post, Arms Control, Barack Obama, World News
Joe Cirincione

Krauthammer wants Russia to build more nuclear weapons. Why? Because he thinks we can shoot them out of the sky like clay pigeons. This is simply not true.

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Jackson Wasn't Normal. So what?

David Berreby | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Science, Statistics, Normalcy, Entertainment News
David Berreby

This prejudice in favor of the typical is on full display this week, as the world reacts to the death of Michael Jackson.

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Book Review: Why Does E=MC^2?

Dan Agin | Posted 07.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Relativity, Science, Einstein, Physics, Albert Einstein, Living News
Dan Agin

One of the important problems with popularizations of science is that there is not one public, there are many publics, and each public has its own formal education and interest in science.

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Transformational Science and the U.S. Economy

James M. Gentile | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Science, Research, Barack Obama, Politics News
James M. Gentile

There is increasing concern in the scientific community that incremental research is too much the priority, that U.S. science funding has become too conservative and too risk-averse.

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The Frogness of Music

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Symphony, Ipod, Biology, Digital Compresssion, Analog, Science, Music, Live Music, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Music today is to live, real music as an origami frog is to a real one. Music has, in short, been dumbed down.

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Italian Scientists Build Real Life "Wall-E"

GlobalPost | Fulvio Paolocci and Angelica Marin | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Italian Garbage Collections, Robot Trash Collector, Italian Scientists, Italian Garbage, Wall-E, Dustcart, Science, Technology, World News

PECCIOLI, Italy -- In this 8th century town, amid the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside, everyone talks trash. Even at the local restaurant, vis...

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What's Your Favorite Method of Nature-Connection?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Psychotherapy, Art, Nature, Environment, Green, Meditation, Science, Healing, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Research has shown that nature-connection of almost any kind turns out to be a powerful healing force.

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Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Invented By Toyota (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Mind Controlled Wheelchair, Mind-Controlled Wheelchair Video, Video, Toyota, Mind-Controlled Wheelchair, Science, Toyota Mind-Controlled Wheel Chair, Business News

Fox News had a fascinating interview with Michio Kaku, author of "Physics of the Impossible," in which they discussed Toyota's creation of a mind-con...

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Pooping Where You Sleep: Bad for the Economy

David Roberts | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Economy, Environmental Practices, Green Economy, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

Time and time again, an environment-degrading practice often defended as necessary to economic health is revealed, upon closer inspection, to be uneconomic.

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Legalize Marijuana? Perish the Thought, Says Drug Czar -- Banish the Herb...and the Verb!

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Science, Chief Daryl Gates, Drug War, Marijuana Legalization, U.S. Drug Policy, Kerlikowske, Drug Czar, President Obama, Lapd, Politics News
Norm Stamper

The new Drug Czar: "The discussion about legalization is not a part of the president's vocabulary under any circumstances and it's not a part of mine."

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Japanese "Kaguya" Satellite Crashes Into The Moon, Send Back Final Footage (VIDEO)

Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Space Video, Video, Space, Kaguya Satellite, Science, Japanese Satellite Crash Video, Moon, Kaguya Crash Video, World News

***UPDATE*** Readers have pointed out that this is a rendered video reconstructing in 3-D, based on the observation date the satellite sent back minut...

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Tiny-rannosaurus Rex: Why Dinosaurs May Not Have Been As Huge As You Thought

Daily Mail | Posted 06.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Science, Dinosaurs Smaller, Dinosaurs, Animals, Dinosaurs Study, Home News

Dinosaurs may not have been as monstrously big as scientists and Hollywood film directors would have us believe. Scientists believe the original meth...

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Dear Media: Please Stop Reporting About Science

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Nasa, Bad Journalism, Science Journalism, The Rachel Maddow Show, Bbc, Moon, Science, Lunar, Media News
Jacob Dickerman

There's nothing special about the moon. If it didn't exist, life on this planet would be largely the same,

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Let's Ban English in School ... Except in English Class

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 06.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mathematics, Science, Education, Math, Science Education, Universe, English, English Language, Comedy News
Jeff Goldstein

Why isn't math a natural part of all the subjects taught -- as in the case of say .... English?

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Evidence Found For Ancient Mars Lake

Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Mars, Space, Science, Mars Lakes, Nasa, Mars Lake, Green News

Several studies in recent years have claimed evidence for shorelines and other features that suggest ancient lakes on Mars. Firm evidence has remained...

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White House Climate Change Report Issues Dire Warning On Worsening Situation

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 06.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Climate Change Report, White House Climate Change Report, Science, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON — Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours _ global warming's serious effects are already h...

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Sci-Fi Morality: Could Aliens Save Us from Prejudice?

Jamil Zaki | Posted 06.16.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Rwanda, Emotions, Neuroscience, Implicit Bias, Independence Day, Altruism, Science, Hurricane Katrina, Morality, Psychology, Watchmen, Israel, Prejudice, Science Fiction, World News
Jamil Zaki

Mountains of evidence suggest that being part of a group changes our perceptions of members of other groups at startlingly basic levels.

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"Citizen Spies" Using Google Earth To Spy On North Korea (VIDEO)

Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Video, Google Earth, Citizen Spies, North Korea, Science, Spying on North Korea, Google Earth North Korea, World News

An interesting use for Google Earth has emerged as "citizen spies" are applying it to uncover secrets about North Korea, such as the sites of labor ca...

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Why Science Deserves Its Stimulus Money

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: National Science Foundation, Science, National Public Radio, Economic Stimulus Package, Iraq War Funding, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Barack Obama, National Institutes of Health, Google, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

In the car the other day, we caught a bit of Marketplace on NPR. We like Marketplace -- it puts economic news in social and political context, making ...

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US Envoy William Burns Spoke To Reporters In Delhi after Meeting Indian PM Manmohan Singh

Rani Singh | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, Science, India, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Us, Security, Technology, World News
Rani Singh

William Burns, US Under Secretary of State, gave a press conference Thursday after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was repeatedly questioned about India-Pakistan relations.

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Periodic Table Gets New "Super Heavy" Element, To Be Named By German Scientists

BBC News | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Period Table New Element, New Element, Element 112, Science, Scientists, Periodic Table, Germany, Foreign Affairs, Sigurd Hofmann, Advocacy, World News

The ubiquitous periodic table will soon have a new addition - the "super-heavy" element 112....

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The Bronx: Making News Again... This Time in Science Education with GreenFab

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 06.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Science, Majora Carter, Hands on Learning, Green Collar Jobs, Bronx, Sustainable South Bronx, Jobs, Science, High School Science Education, Innovation, Bronx Guild, Engineering, Science Education, Dick Riley, Richard Riley, National Science Foundation, Vision Education and Media, Math, Clinton, High School Science, Sustainability, High School, Nyu, Technology, Bronx Week, Green Economic Development, Greenfab, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, Kenny Nava, Cathy Jones, Jorge Flores, Samantha Bonilla and about 70 other Bronx high school students will "graduate" from a new, innovative sc...

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Improving Science Teaching in America's Schools

James M. Gentile | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: High School, Science, Careers, Education, Schools, Science Teaching, Barack Obama, Politics News
James M. Gentile

With the emphasis that President Obama has rightly placed on science, it is now incumbent upon Americans to insist that science teaching be upgraded as well.

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