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Every January, John Brockman, the literary agent who presides over the online salon Edge.org, asks his circle of scientists,and scholars to answer a question. In the past he has asked such questions as: “how is the Internet changing the way you think?” and “what is the most important invention in the last 2,000 years?”. This [...]

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Preposterous. As we all know, we have to think about which day holidays fall on every year. This year Christmas fell on a Sunday, next year it will be a Monday, etc. Due to the way the months are organized with some having 30 and others having 31 days, the calender is different every single [...]

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The Sense About Science (SAS) campaign created its list of the greatest abuses against science this week that tells of the most ridiculous public spectacles in which science is misunderstood in the media. It is the 2011 Celebrities and Science review. Started in 2007 with much frustration hearing celebrities butcher science, the review has become [...]

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Instead of doing just spot checks in the grocery aisles, it may now have a much better way of determining the shelf life of your favorite foods. Making your hcg weight loss program much more viable than hoping you get some bad food and don’t want to eat anymore. Minced meat, bread, fruit juice and [...]

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As if Santa didn’t have enough to do already tonight, NASA invited him to check out their 3 space shuttles on Christmas Eve at Kennedy Space Center. In an official announcement, NASA granted Santa permission to fly over various Kennedy sites — including the Shuttle Landing Facility, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and orbiter processing [...]

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With the premiere of “The Walking Dead” tonight, being the best pilot since “Lost” for me it is probably appropriate to dig up the article I read a few times over the years on why it is impossible for a Zombie Apocalypse to ever happen. 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Would Fail Obviously, this [...]

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Obtaining a graduate degree is as important today as it has ever been. A much larger portion of the workforce will have at least a Bachelor’s degree so having a bit of a leg up in that department is a huge benefit. Getting a job as an employee in business is very competitive. Many corporate [...]

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Scientists have discovered that Santa’s technology is so advanced that they can’t even duplicate it in their labs. With so many skeptics saying that it is impossible for St. Nick to deliver toys to all the children in the world in just one night, there may be a lot of fools out there after the [...]

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Have you ever been sitting on the couch and increasing your body mass by drinking Mt. Dew and stuffing cheeseburgers into your face only to find that you can’t find the remote, it is too light in the room because you don’t have any pants on, and the curtains are open? Well things may be [...]

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As you all know, people send you 50 friggin’ apps to add to your Facebook profile everyday. Once in a while there is actually a half way decent one that you may like. Few and far between, but the Scrabulous Ap, which is basically identical to Scrabble is one that millions have found and are [...]

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