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Deepakese: The Woo-Woo Master Deepak Chopra Speaks

Michael Shermer | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Neuroscience, Woo-Woo, Materialism, Pseudoscience, Life-After-Death, Reincarnation, Larry King LIve, Science, Jeff Probst, Afterlife, Deepak Chopra, Living News
Michael Shermer

Deepak Chopra is unhappy with my brand of skepticism--the type that identifies woo-woo nonsense and calls it for what it is: baloney. Last week Deep...

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Woo Woo Is a Step Ahead of (Bad) Science

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: John Maddox, Fundamentalism, Michael Shermer, Materialism, Life-After-Death, Neuroscience, Scientific American, Charles Darwin, Science, Evolution, Albert Einstein, Living News
Deepak Chopra

For those who aren't familiar with the term, "woo woo" is a derogatory reference to almost any form of unconventional thinking, aimed by professional skeptics.

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Your New Year Resolution: Adopt a Denier

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Science, Neuroscience, Evolution, Climate Change Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Green News
Wallace J Nichols

Believe it or not, there are people who deny the veracity of the mountain of science behind the origins of humans, the formation of the universe, health care and the state of our environment.

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No BS Theory of Life: Pain And Holiday Blues Are Money In The Bank

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Michael Jackson, Depression, Philosophy, Pleasure, Science, God, The Inner Life, Elvis Presley, Happiness, Religion, Robert Lanza, Suffering, Faith, Holiday Season, Baruch Spinoza, Living News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

The goal of life is life. Every impulse and thought is a device developed toward that end. Even poetry and art reflect our humanity and are impelled by instincts -- fear and powerlessness, association and love.

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Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference?

David Fiderer | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Holocaust, Copenhagen 2009, Science, Climate Crisis, Climategate, Jonah Goldberg, Journalism, Religion, Chris Wallace, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol, Holocaust Deniers, Fox News, Climate Change, Al Gore, Media News, Newt Gingrich, Global Warming, Media News
David Fiderer

Global warming "doesn't seem proven" to charlatans like Wallace, who artfully twist the concepts of science and religion. Last Sunday, he said science usually welcomes opposing views. Not quite.

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Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Copenhagen, Science, Climate and Energy, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home w...

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Tour Of The Known Universe: AWESOME VIDEO

Posted 12.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: Universe Video, Science, Video, Tour of the Universe, Tour of the Universe Video, Universe, Technology News

This awesome video from the American Museum of Natural History takes you on a tour of the known universe, starting with Earth and zooming out to the f...

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Responding to Hitchens on Chanukah

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Empire, History, Religion, Chanukah, Maccabees, Science, Religion and Politics, Religion-and-Science, Imperialism, Richard Dawkins, Politics News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

The story of Chanukah is a story of resilience and courage. Unfortunately for some, it is also a story of rejecting Western values. This is why that belief is not correct.

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Can Science Resurrect God? New Scenario Says 'Yes'

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Time, Mind.Body.Soul, God, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Science, Stem Cell Research, Cloning, Biocentrism, Death, Religion, Atheism, Robert Lanza, Science God, Hair Cloning, Living News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

Religious fervor has dwindled of late because religions have failed to keep pace with human knowledge. For faith to thrive, our concepts of God must adapt to our evolving scientific knowledge.

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Science Fiction Goes McDonald's: Less Taste, More Gristle

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2009 | Books

Read More: Science, Popular Culture, Charlie Stross, Space Exploration, Science Fiction, Books News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Science fiction is really a mirror and weather vane of its era. So it comes as no surprise that the dominant tropes of contemporary speculative fiction reflect the growing malaise and distrust of science.

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Ode to My Neighborhood Bookstore

Jane Isay | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Science, Madison Avenue, Books, Independent Bookstores, Books News
Jane Isay

I live on 96th Street and Madison Ave. in New York City. I often take a walk down one side of Madison, and up the other. The anchor of my walk is The Corner Bookstore, which is on 93rd Street.

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Bionic Fingers: ProDigits Offers Hope To The Disabled (VIDEO)

Posted 12.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Touch Bionics, Bionic Fingers, Health, Science, ProDigits Video, Pro Digits Video, Prodigits, Pro Digits, Bionic Fingers Video, Bionics, Technology News

Touch Bionics is offering hope to the disabled with an extraordinary new product called ProDigits. It's the world's first powered bionic fingers and ...

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Does Death Exist? New Theory Says 'No'

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, Mind.Body.Soul, Brain, Biocentrism, Physics, Albert Einstein, Death, Death & Dying, Living News
Robert Lanza, M.D.

Many of us fear death. We believe in death because we have been told we will die. We associate with the body, and we know that bodies die. But a new scientific theory suggests death is not the end.

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Why Science Needs To Bring Sexy Back

Jason Silva | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Newsweek, John Maeda, SpaceCollective.Org, Science, Transcendental Media, Current TV, Al Gore, Jeremy McCarter, Richard Holmes, Jason Silva, Technology News
Jason Silva

I have found that there is very little excitement about the scientific breakthroughs that are occurring every day. Science seems to have lost its "art direction," and it needs to bring sexy back.

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Copenhagen Climate Summit Begins

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Climategate, Un, United Nations, Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Change Hacked Emails, East Anglia, Climate Gate, Climate Science, Climate Change Sience, Climate Gate Scandal, Climategate Scandal, Science, Global Warming Skepticism, East Anglia Emails, Green News

COPENHAGEN — Delegates converged Sunday for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as...

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Space Shuttle Atlantis: INCREDIBLE Images From Space (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Space Shuttle Photo, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Video, Atlantis Pictures, Space Shuttle Launch Atlantic, Space Shuttle, Space, Slidepoll, Shuttle Atlantis Photos, Science, Space Shuttle Atlantis Pictures, Space Shuttle Pictures, Technology News

The space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts returned safely to Earth after a seven-day mission resupplying the International Space Station. They ...

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Beyond 2012 Hype, A Scientist And Mayanist Faces The Evolution Question

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 12.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Charles Darwin, Spiritual Journey, Metaphysical, Fibonacci Golden Ratio, Spiritual, Science, Darwinism, Mayan Calendar, Spirituality, 2012, Evolution, Books News
Shana Ting Lipton

Laymen need not be afraid to read The Purposeful Universe even if they are not predisposed to science. As deep and challenging of a read as this book might be for the Average Joe, it's well worth the effort.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch: AWESOME VIDEO From Multiple Points of View

Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

Read More: Space Shuttle Atlantis, Video, Space Shuttle Launch Atlantic, Space, Science, Space Shuttle Video, Space Shuttle, Shuttle Atlantis Video, Technology News

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Friday after a successful mission resupplying the International Space Stat...

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Moon River: What Water in the Heavens Means for Life on Earth

Randall Amster | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Nasa, Natural Resources, Scarcity, Water Scarcity, Consumption, NASA Moon, Star Trek, Colony, Nasa Moon Bombing, Conflict, Space Exploration, Water, Space, Moon, Lunar, NASA Bomb Moon, Gravity, Science, Technology News
Randall Amster

We ought to consider how NASA's discovery of water on the moon could alter the fabric of life on earth. The implications of this find -- including the possible near-term development of a viable lunar colony -- are staggering.

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Hormone Oxytocin Linked To Kindness

nytimes.com | Natalie Angier | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxytocin, Relationships, Human Kindness, Hormone, Kindness, Science, Evolution, Hormones, Civilization, Living News

Be thankful for your brain's supply of oxytocin, the celebrated peptide hormone that helps lubricate our every prosocial exchange that make human soci...

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The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)

Alex Higgins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Central America, Jared Diamond, Science, Mayans, Global Warming Denial, Roland Emmerich, Global Warming, 2012, Green News
Alex Higgins

The Maya in the 8th century had little ability to understand the climate change that was happening to them. Our civilization knows what is happening and even has the ability to prevent catastrophe.

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Why Brain Science Is Bad for Juvenile Justice

Alexandra Cox | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Science, Evidence, Research, Brain, Juvenile Justice, Politics News
Alexandra Cox

Brain research may convince the public that development is a fixed, undisputed path toward rational thought, thus further marginalizing those children who stray from the path of 'normal' development.

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Al's Poem

William Petrocelli | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Al Gore, Global Warming, Science Writing, Climate Science, Al Gore Poem, Climate Change, Our Choice, Science, Our Choice Poem, Books, Al Gore Our Choice, Yeats, Books News
William Petrocelli

Al Gore keeps reassuring nervous audiences that we have the tools to solve the crisis. Time is short, he says, but it hasn't run out yet. And with all that, he had time to write a poem - one that Yeats might have been proud of.

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Bill Bryson's 'Really Short History of Nearly Everything' Is The Dream Gift Book For Every Curious Kid

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Science, Biology, Evolution, Bill Bryson, Natural History, Geology, A Walk in the Woods, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Science Books, Reading, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Books, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Bill Bryson has created "A Really Short History of Nearly Everything," and he's done me -- and you, and every curious kid burdened by a dull textbook or a brain-dead science teacher -- a huge favor.

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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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