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Old fossil "disproves" Darwin!
added on 01 Jul 2009
The old fossil is Pat Buchanan, who has published a freakishly antiquated diatribe against Darwin. It's extremely old school — he uses arguments straight out of 1960s era "scientific creationism", trying to tar Darwin with guilt by association with Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler. He is apparently ins...
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Science, should we care?
added on 01 Jul 2009
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Neil deGrasse Tyson www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Jeff Goldblum -- 182-180=+2
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Depressed Trainees and the PI
added on 01 Jul 2009
A little while ago Isis the Scientist posted a reader question about whether an academic trainee should broach mental illness issues with his or her PI. As Isis said, it is one heck of a question. To be honest, Isis alluded to the topic in an email prior to writing her post and I basically had no...
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Send GrrlScientist to Antarctica
added on 01 Jul 2009
She's trying to leave New York for Antarctica. What you have to do to make it happen is vote for her essay. Read the comments on this post...
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To China’s Internet Filter, Garfield is Pornography, Porn is Not
added on 30 Jun 2009
Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said that although he couldn’t define pornography, he’d know it when he saw it. Was he talking about images of Garfield? How about a photo of cooked pork? Well, according to the mandatory Internet filtration software proposed by the Chinese gov...
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