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Contraception Is the New Abortion »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The Bush administration has taken its latest swipe at contraception, but again under the pretense of opposing abortion. By manipulating scientific facts, the Department of ...
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There's No Arguing With Conservatives ... No, Seriously, Scientific Studies Prove It »
Posted by: Wil 2 months ago in Politics
A new study out of Yale University confirms what argumentative liberals have long-known: Offering reality-based rebuttals to conservative lies only makes conservatives cling to those ...
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Mini Nuclear Reactors to Power Homes by 2014 »
Posted by: Burento 1 week, 1 day ago in News
Powered by low-enriched uranium fuel, each Hyperion Power Module will produce enough clean, safe and environmentally friendly energy to reliably power 20,000 standard American ...
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Sarah Palin: Ignorant and anti-science »
Posted by: Neophile 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Politics
Sarah Palin gave a policy speech today in which she claimed that she wanted more support for children with disabilities, more tools to test for ...
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'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar power revolution »
Posted by: capn_caveman 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major ...
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How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America »
Posted by: Wil 3 months ago in News
Though a successful political and electoral strategy, the Right's stand against intelligence has steered them far off course, leaving them -- and us -- unable to ...
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Images captured of 4 planets outside solar system »
Posted by: STONERS 4 days, 6 hours ago in Science & Technology
Earth seems to have its first fuzzy photos of alien planets outside our solar system, images captured by two teams of astronomers. The pictures show ...
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What CLA Does For Our Diets »
Posted by: Shannonyork 1 week, 6 days ago in Health & Fitness
CLA is causing quite a stir in the diet and health research communities these days. It?s not surprising, because anything that produces weight loss ...
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Huge statue of Roman ruler found »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Want a leg? Or an arm? How about a wing? Pieces of a marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius were discovered at archaeological ...
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World's First Blue Roses Created By Scientists »
Posted by: gomboc 2 weeks, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
Thanks to genetic modification, scientists have created the words first blue roses, which took nearly two decades of scientific research to develop.
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The Science of Magic »
Posted by: pumpthejam4478 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
We are all grown to believe that flipping a coin in the air will result in 50% chance of getting “heads” or “tails”.Coin toss ...
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The Truth About Stem Cell Science »
Posted by: Varadinum 2 weeks, 6 days ago in Health & Fitness
U-M experts offer ‘ Stem Cells 102′ to present facts to the citizens of Michigan about regulations, oversight and ethical issues surrounding the safety and benefits ...
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Berkeley Scientists: World In 'Mass Extinction Spasm' »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign that the world is in the middle of a "mass extinction spasm," University of ...
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How religions spread like viruses »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 month, 1 week ago in Religion
Religions are memes, units of cultural inheritance just like songs, languages or political beliefs. Richard Dawkins proposed the idea that memes spread much in the ...
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Will Super Collider Cause Black Hole? - FAQ: Large Hadron Collider »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Why are people without physics degrees counting down until the first proton beam travels the ring? Is it because the bad science of the machine ...
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