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November 14, 2011
Niceness Is Genetic, Says Science
Are you one of those unlucky people dubbed "nice" by everyone? Worse, do you live in the South, and therefore people call you "sweet"? According to a new study by those super nice folks known as scientists, having two copies of the "G" gene in your DNA tends to mean that you are more empathet ... More >>
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October 22, 2011
Quantum Levitation Defies Gravity, Blows Your Freaking Mind
The above video comes via the Association of Science-Technology Centers, and it shows a superconductive disc locked in "quantum levitation." Translation: HOLY SHIT, THAT NILLA WAFER IS FLOATING IN MID-AIR!
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August 7, 2011
Start Bracing for Solar Storms
The magnetic storm that has been developing on the Sun's surface may cause problems down here on Earth soon. Reuters reports that above average solar activity is proving to be a real concern for the Space Weather Prediction Center. They warn that communications and GPS satellites could be aff ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Today's 100-Minute Lunar Eclipse Will Be Presented by the Internet
Alert: There will be a massive lunar eclipse, today, the first in 2011! It will start at 2:20 Eastern time. However, you won't be able to actually see it in real life, unless you happen to live in the eastern portion of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia, or western Australia. North Americ ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Scientists Blame Quantum Physics for Smell
"What's that smell?" is a question that has plagued mankind for thousands of years, but have you ever stopped to ask, "Why does that smell?" The BBC reports scientists at the American Physical Society meeting in Dallas are trying to figure out the reasons why and how things smell, and they ma ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Scientists Attempt to Drill to Earth's Mantle, Bring Back Souvenirs
An international team of scientists is aiming to go further into the Earth than ever before. COSMOS Magazine has the story of this colossal undertaking, which will cost over a billion dollars and optimistically take almost a decade. By reaching the mantle, the layer between the crust and iron ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Tomorrow, the Moon and Sun and Earth Will Behave Unusually!
via NASA/Mr. Eclipse/Fred EspenakScience nerds, astronomy fans, and people who like to look up at the sky and see things: There will be a total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning -- meaning that the sun, the Earth, and the moon will all align, with the moon entirely in the Earth's shadow. This is ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 8, 2010
Miniboone
via NASA/Mr. Eclipse/Fred EspenakScience nerds, astronomy fans, and people who like to look up at the sky and see things: There will be a total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning -- meaning that the sun, the Earth, and the moon will all align, with the moon entirely in the Earth's shadow. This is ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Scientists Hate Women, and, Yes, We Have Proof
Why, scientists, why? Why must you torture us with these punishing, misogynistic studies that only prove scientists to be sick, sick fucks? Study in point: Steven Most and Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, professors of psychology at the University of Delaware, decided to test whether women really ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Hubble 3D As Gripping as Plumbers Snaking a Drain
Why, scientists, why? Why must you torture us with these punishing, misogynistic studies that only prove scientists to be sick, sick fucks? Study in point: Steven Most and Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, professors of psychology at the University of Delaware, decided to test whether women really ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
The Shake Shacking of America; The Big Plate Revolution of New York
Dale Hemmerdinger, the ex-MTA chairman and current landlord, is evicting Shamsher Wadud, who for many years owned the Indian restaurant Nirvana on the roof of the building next door. Wadud is broke and a Parkinson's sufferer, and claims his apartment is overrun by rodents. [NY Post] The Shak ... More >>
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October 9, 2009
New Yorkers Rise Early for Moon Mugging
A group of die-hard New York stargazers met this morning in Inwood, in the northernmost tip of Manhattan near Spuyten Duyvil Creek, to watch the LCROSS lunar probe crash into the surface of the moon. The mission's objective is to see if there is water on the moon. Jason Kendall, the founder ... More >>
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July 27, 2009
Comet Hits Jupiter, Times Acts Like Uranus
A man who built his own telescope and takes images of the planets with it that would rival those taken by the best professional observatories only a few decades ago shocked the world last week with news that he'd spotted a major impact on Jupiter.The Jupiter sucker-punch made for big news, and th ... More >>
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May 4, 2009
The Penis-Shaped Minds of Some Wacky Scientists
Oh brother. Here we go again with the evolutionary psychologists.There's no denying that evolutionary psychology has a sort of hip cache -- the general idea goes that we humans act the way we do because of the way we evolved on the African savanna millions of years ago, even if those inherited behav ... More >>
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October 8, 2008
Fault Lines: David Schwimmer Brings You Some Chat About Semen
Tremor town
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September 23, 2008
Diana Al-Hadid
Tremor town
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February 28, 2008
Councilwoman Seeks Cloned Meat Labeling
Tremor town
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January 8, 2008
January 11 through 17, 2008
Tremor town
NYC Life
April 17, 2007
Weighting for Lefty
Solving for Malcolm X at a Brooklyn confab
Theater
December 26, 2006
Science Friction
Looking for chemical reaction in physicist love triangle
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September 18, 2006
Gore and War Hawk Stump for Green Future
Looking for chemical reaction in physicist love triangle
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August 11, 2005
Morning Report 8/11/05
Bush Less Complex Than a Grain of Rice, Scientists Discover
Looking for chemical reaction in physicist love triangle
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July 13, 2005
Follow the Money, Carefully
Looking for chemical reaction in physicist love triangle
VLS
May 10, 2005
We Can Build You
A field guide to genetic engineering and bodily enhancement
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April 19, 2005
Manhattan Confidential
Two inside looks at the testosterone-fueled world of mid-20th-century physics
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February 1, 2005
Bush's Mandate From Above
Two inside looks at the testosterone-fueled world of mid-20th-century physics
NYC Life
July 6, 2004
Weird Science: The Implications of Playing With Nature
Two inside looks at the testosterone-fueled world of mid-20th-century physics
Books
October 28, 2003
Infinity, IYI
By Georg: David Foster Wallace stares into a mathematical abyss and lives to write about it
Art
August 5, 2003
Booty Call
Do’s and Don’ts, Past and Present
Art
April 15, 2003
Let There Be Light
What's So Popular About Popular Science? Three New Books Take on Life, the Universe, and Everything.
News
March 19, 2002
As the Whorl Turns
Long the Difference Between Guilt and Innocence, Fingerprints Themselves Are on Trial
News
October 16, 2001
White Supremacists and the Means of Biowar
Aryan Nations Follower Had Anthrax, Bubonic Bacteria
News
October 2, 2001
Gas Peddled
Exaggerating the Chemical and Biological Terrorism Threat
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September 18, 2001
The Worst That Could Happen
Take a Deep Breath: The Terror of Germ Warfare
News
September 4, 2001
The Stem Cell Clashes
George W. Bush Can’t Stop Science
News
August 28, 2001
Clone Ranger
The Rael World Comes to New York
Art
July 31, 2001
Maps and Chaps
••• The New Geography Reaches Critical Mass
News
May 15, 2001
The DNA Bomb
Modified Crops are In the Crosshairs Now. You May Be Next.
News
December 5, 2000
Smokestack Lightning
Online Trade in Greenhouse Gases Strikes Environment
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November 7, 2000
Nation
Online Trade in Greenhouse Gases Strikes Environment
News
August 22, 2000
Trading Gas
Polluters Fight Global Warming—and Government Regulation—With a New Market in Emissions Credits
News
August 15, 2000
Learning From HIV
Summing Up the Lessons From Five Years of Science Reporting
News
May 30, 2000
Stop, Drop, and Swab
New York Police Ponder Portable DNA Labs
News
April 4, 2000
Fossils in the Blood
Scientists Find Ancient DNA in Living Africans
News
March 14, 2000
Flirting With PseudoScience
South Africa’s President May Become the First World Leader to Believe That HIV Is Not the Cause of AIDS
News
December 21, 1999
Quantum Leap
Dr. Randell Mills says he can change the face of physics. The Scientfic Establishment thinks he's nuts.
News
September 21, 1999
Unnatural Disasters
How Humans Are Behind the Weather Weirdness
Long Island Voice
August 17, 1999
When Words Collide
How Humans Are Behind the Weather Weirdness
News
August 3, 1999
Hype and Glory
Dissecting scientific promise from reality
News
March 30, 1999
Computer Viruses Hit Museum!
Ambitious Exhibition Gets Infected by Technology
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