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Superfreakonomics On Drunk Driving vs. Drunk Walking: Relevant or Ridiculous? (VOTE)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

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A couple of weeks ago, before the publication of Superfreakonomics, the follow up to the bestselling Freakonomics by New York Times "Freakonomics" col...

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Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Deism, Religion, Science, Atheism, Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, Francis Collins, Thomas Paine, Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Living News
Dan Agin

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

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Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Luigi Garlashelli, Forgery, Catholic, Italy, La Repubblica, Christ, Fraud, Shroud of Turin Debunked, University of Pavia, Catholic Church, Italian Committe for Checking Claims on the Paranormal, Jesus, Shroud of Turin, Fake, Scientists, World News

ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...

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Scientists Levitate Mice Using Magnetic Fields

Live Science | Charles Q. Choi | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

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Scientists have now levitated mice using magnetic fields. Other researchers have made live frogs and grasshoppers float in mid-air before, but such...

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, Us-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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

BBC News | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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

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Our Oceans Could Run Out Of Fish By 2048 (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Sea, Healthy, Climate Change, Sustainable Eating, Fish, Environment, Protein, Eating, Oceans, Seafood, Scientists, Green News

One billion people rely on seafood for their sole source of protein. But if we don't start eating more sustainably, scientists predict that our waters...

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Diabolical Science Has to End

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

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Deepak Chopra

Because science is worshiped and scientists have grown used to an ethos of amorality, to protest against diabolical creativity makes you a target of irrational smears.

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Restoring Science To Its Rightful Place

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Rush Holt

There is a false impression in Washington that you need a PhD or science background to use scientific facts and research to make public policy decisions. This should not be the case.

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Look Who's Following me... Yikes!

Julia Bovey | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

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Julia Bovey

Someday, coal-fired electricity plants will likely be able to capture and store their global warming pollution, and that's something that NRDC encourages, as long as it's done well.

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The U. S. Produces the Lion's Share of Top Scoring Students

Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.14.2008 | Living

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Gerald Bracey

The US has more than double the number of students scoring at the highest level in the science assessment of the Programme of International Student Assessment than any other OECD nation.

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Large Hadron Collider is Either the Greenest or the Least Green Experiment Ever Made

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

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Mairi Beautyman

Someone hit a switch today and began either the greenest or one of the most environmentally disastrous experiments in the world: The Large Hadron Coll...

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The Repubs' War on One Particular Scientist

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

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Michelle Pilecki

So you'd think the US would want to hold onto good nuclear physicists, right? Especially American citizens who have been active in the community as well as excellent scientists?

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National Academy Of Sciences Issues Report Emphasizing The Importance Of Teaching Evolution

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Scientific advisers to the government emphasize in a report the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. The report by the National Academy...

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