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The Natural Selection Of The Immortal Soul: A Thought Experiment

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Charles Darwin, Life After Death, Natural Selection, Immortal Soul, Immortality, Science, Darwinism, Evolution, Religion and Science, Science and Religion, Religion News
Evan Eisenberg

How would creationists react if someone were to suggest that the survival of the soul after death, far from being ruled out by the theory of natural selection, might actually be predicted as a consequence of that theory?

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WATCH: Tiny Medical Device Does Impressive Trick

| Jon Cartwright | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Polydimethylsiloxane, Video, Frequency Doubling, Droplet Container, Elasto-Capillarity, Health, Invention, Electro-Elasto-Capillarity, Science, Science News, Blood Test, Science News

Good news for people who hate big needles: Researchers have invented a device that could allow diagnostics to be performed with just a single drop of...

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How to Turn Drinking from One of Life's Pleasures to a Habit in Three Easy Steps

Leah Odze Epstein | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Habits, Charles Duhigg, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Alcoholism, Science, Wine, Alcoholics Anonymous, Drinking, Women News
Leah Odze Epstein

If you find yourself mired in habits, it might be best to work backwards and ask yourself, what is it I really want?

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A Universe Without Purpose

Lawrence M. Krauss | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Big Bang Theory, Nature, Science, Earth, Large Hadron Collider, Higgs Field, Cosmologist, Galaxy, Universe, Science News
Lawrence M. Krauss

Does all of this prove that our universe and the laws that govern it arose spontaneously without divine guidance or purpose? No, but it means it is possible. And that possibility need not imply that our own lives are devoid of meaning.

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Why Killed Off Big Carnivores? Scientists Offer Surprising New Theory

Scientific American | Kate Wong | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Saber-Toothed Tiger, Homo, Trophic Cascade, Science, Climate Change, Science News, Early Humans, Anthropocene, Animal Extinction, Large Carnivores, Science News

The impact of Homo sapiens on the environment over the past few hundred years has been so profound that some scientists term this chapter of Earth’s...

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Is The Internet Changing Your Brain?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Cognitive Overload, Neuroplasticity, Internet, Multitasking, The Shallows, Neuroscience, Video, Plasticity, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Nicholas Carr, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Science News

2012-04-25-Screenshot20120425at3.31.27PM.jpgIs the internet bad for our brains? Is it affecting our ability to remember things, form meaningful relationships, or make decisions?

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Scientists Solve Riddle Of Weird 'Black Mat' Formations

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Black Mat, Video, Jeff Pigati, Younger Dryas, Extinction, Black Mat Sediment, Space Science, Comet, Science, Cosmic Wipeout, Science News, Geology, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/23/2012 03:04 PM EDT on LiveScience What seemed like evidence of prehistoric cosmic impact...

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Real Cause Behind Brain Freeze Discovered, Scientists Say

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Science, Harvard Brain Freeze, Research Brain Freeze, Brain Freeze, Ice Cream Brain Freeze, Science Brain Freeze, Video, Cause of Brain Freeze, Brain Freeze Cause, Causes of Brain Freeze, Food News

What's the real cause of brain freeze? You know -- the sharp, unpleasant sensation that follows eating ice cream too quickly. The reason behind it may...

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When Presidents, Cowboys and Scientists Agree

Richard Alley | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Abraham Lincoln, Texas, Wind Power, Science, Assessment, Green Energy Jobs, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Green News
Richard Alley

Parts of America are powered by technologies that Abraham Lincoln advocated more than a century and a half ago. But some in our country are weakened by failure to appreciate another, even more powerful idea that Lincoln also promoted.

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WATCH: Astronaut Makes Mind-Boggling 'Antibubble' Aboard ISS

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Nasa, Antibubble, Don Pettit, Space, Physics, Space Science, International Space Station, Science, Science News, NASA Astronaut, Bubbles, Science News

The zero-gravity environment inside the International Space Station gives astronauts ample opportunity to have a little fun--as seen in this new space...

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Correction: Climate Change Is a Fact

David Johnson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Ethics in Journalism, Climate Science, Ethics, Science, Climate Change, Religion and Science, Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Media Critique, Media News
David Johnson

If journalism can't help save the world, then why in the world should the world care about saving journalism -- at least this kind of journalism? Prove that you are smart enough to be trusted with the shield of humanity that you say you deserve.

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I'm With Stupid: Making Yourself More Smarter the Alcoholic Way

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Congress, Bowling, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Beer, Alcohol, University of Illinois, Science, Men, Drinking, Comedy News
Todd Hartley

I, for one, always felt smarter when I was drinking. I felt fatter, sweatier and smellier, as well, but that's not really the point. I wasn't drinking to make myself more attractive. I was drinking to make the rest of you more attractive.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Next Steps For Virtual Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Virtual Reality, Talk Nerdy to Me, Ict, Augmented Reality, University of Southern California, Science, Usc, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Mixed Reality, Institute for Creative Technologies, Science News

2012-04-23-Screenshot20120423at4.21.12PM.jpgThe worlds we can now enter with virtual reality technology are so stunningly authentic, it's hard to tell where true life ends and the virtual landscape begins.

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High Schoolers Launch Rubber Chicken Into Space

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Solar Radiation, Rubber Chicken in Space, Nasa, Rubber Chicken Camilla, Science, Rubber Chicken Launched in Space, Slidewide, Science Education, California Students, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Video, Rubber Chickens, Space, Bishop Union High School, STEM Education, Outer Space, Students Study Science, Education News

The newest member of the exclusive space exploration club: A rubber chicken. During last month's solar storm -- the most intense radiation storm si...

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Weather May Have Spurred Famous Historical Event

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Witch Hunt, History, Emily Oster, Video, Witch Trials, Witch Craft, Ted Baker, Science, Weather, Science News, Salem Witch Trials, Witch Hunts, Season, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 04/20/2012 01:12 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur ...

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Science Needs Nonpartisan Advocates

Elizabeth Marincola | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Intelligent Design, Creationism, Climate Change, Science, STEM Funding, Science Education Funding, Science Education, Science News
Elizabeth Marincola

Science and technology are not just for scientists. Without them, we wouldn't be able to treat cancer or diabetes; enjoy instantaneous communication; ...

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Scientists Test Effectiveness Of Wacky-Looking Weight-Loss Glasses

The Huffington Post | Jacqueline Howard | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Video, Weight-Loss Glasses, Losing Weight, Diet Trend, Michitaka Hirose, Augmented Reality Glasses, Augmented Reality, Science, Science News, Diet, Science News

Talk about a "see food" diet. In building new weight-loss glasses, a Japanese research team has turned to the science of augmented reality to help die...

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WATCH: It's 4/20, Time For Stoned Science

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Video, Legalize It, Talk Nerdy to Me, Igor Grant, Marijuana, 420, Science, Medical Marijuana, Cara Santa Maria, Pot, Medicine, Legalization, Weed, Science News

2012-04-20-Screenshot20120420at12.54.25PM.jpgI reached out to Dr. Igor Grant, the director of the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research to get a scientific perspective on the benefits of medical marijuana.

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Science, a Force for Freedom and Human Rights

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Anti-Vaccine Movement, Science, Climate Change, Mao Zedong, Postmodernism, Fang Lizhi, China, Freedom, Science News
Shawn Lawrence Otto

That a Chinese astrophysicist's passing is noted in a prestigious American literary journal is a testament to how Fang Lizhi crossed boundaries between the two cultures of humanities and science, and was much admired, even loved, in both.

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Bad Economy Changes Women's Tastes In Men, Study Suggests

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Finding Love, Women Seeking Men, Video, Relationships, Economy, What Women Want, Dating Market, Dating, Science, Dating in Bad Economy, Science News, Recession, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/19/2012 07:13 PM EDT on LiveScience When thinking about the economic recession, wo...

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Early Life Forms Used 'Redundancy' To Survive, Scientists Say

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Video, Carbon Fixation, Earth's First Life, Early Evolution, First Life on Earth, Science, Evolution, Science News, Huffington Post, Bacteria, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/19/2012 07:06 PM EDT on LiveScience The earliest cells were unstable chemical systems th...

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Porn's Odd Effect On Your Brain

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Neuroscience, Video, Brain, Visual Cortex, Sex, University of Groningen, Porn Study, Sexual Arousal, Science, Science News, Porn Science, Watching Porn, Porn, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/18/2012 02:25 PM EDT on LiveScience Watching pornography would seem to be a vision-i...

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Scientists Create 'Cyborg Clams' With Amazing Ability

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Energy, Cyborg Technology, Cyborg, Harvesting Energy, Video, Science, Science News, Evgeny Katz, Power, Animal Cyborg, Living Batteries, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 04/18/2012 10:38 AM EDT on LiveScience Animal cyborgs have already begun their rise a...

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WATCH: Does Gender Define Us?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Jenna Talackova, Intersex, Video, Transgender, Miss Universe, Glaad, Talk Nerdy to Me, Sex, Science, Caster Semenya, Cara Santa Maria, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Sexuality, Gender, Science News

2012-04-18-Screenshot20120418at12.28.13PM.jpgWhat makes us male or female? What happens when our biological gender is out of sync with our gender identity?

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The College Majors That Make You Richest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: National Association of Colleges and Employers, Science, College Majors, Careercast, Math, Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Wages, Yale, Business News

In a challenging job market, college graduates face an uncertain future. That's not to say they have no control over the situation. Majoring in ma...

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