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Chess News

About one year ago I started playing competitive chess again, after a hiatus of almost a decade. Because of the hiatus and some change in the organization of chess in Italy, my status from that of candidate master (with an Elo rating of about 2120, which h ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 6 2012 - 7:02am

My Appearance On The Blaze Network

Last week I flew to Dallas, Texas to do a spot for a pilot program on The Blaze Network, started by conservative political commentator Glenn Beck. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 8 2012 - 11:26am

If You Really Want To Die Before You Get Old, Be A Solo Rock Star Instead Of Joining A Band

Successful solo rock/pop stars are around twice as likely to die early as those in equally famous bands, indicates fascinating research you can read before you over-indulge on New Year's Eve. Though you could have read this same paper on New Year ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 31 2012 - 4:45pm

Short Hiatus and Chess News

I just left the following comment in the thread of my most recent posting, but thought it was more visible here, so I am cut-pasting it: sorry for leaving comments unattended here for long. The fact is I am playing a chess tournament and have no internet c ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 21 2012 - 5:50am

A Christmas Galen For Science 2.0

In May of last year, I accepted an invitation from Prof. Dave Deamer to visit U.C. Santa Cruz and it game me the chance to meet Dr. Dick Gordon and also to visit the home of Dr. Bruce Damer. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 24 2012 - 1:11pm

When the Obvious Isn't Enough

A recent article entitled " Fluctuating Environment May Have Driven Human Evolution ", proceeded to take something that is obvious and attempt to create even more significance from it.  It is obvious, that environmental changes [yes, including fl ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Dec 24 2012 - 8:48pm

Highlights From The Città Di Padova Chess Tournament

Last week I spent my time playing in a strong chess tournament in Padova. The tournament had 50 participants, among which 11 grandmasters and 10 international masters, and was definitely the strongest event I took part in during my amateur chess career. ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 29 2012 - 9:24am

Science 2.0's Top 10 Most Popular Articles Of 2012

Science 2.0 is not like most other science sites. Aside from not being a part of a billion-dollar conglomerate, our audience is also a little off kilter. By off kilter, I mean ahead of everyone else. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 27 2012 - 2:02pm

Evacuate Earth- National Geographic

I recently watched the full two hours of this presentation [Evacuate Earth] and was disappointed in the fact that speculation rapidly degenerated into silliness, and ultimately pseudoscientific nonsense. ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jan 1 2013 - 8:26pm

Eco-Feminist Dr. Vandana Shiva: Farmers Who Use GMOs Are Like Rapists

Dr. Vandana Shiva, eco-feminist- whatever that means- philosopher and environmental activist does not like that Mark Lynas has changed from being an anti-GMO crackpot, like her, to accepting science. On her Twitterfeed, which is chock full of lunatic ranti ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 5 2013 - 1:30pm