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Spring Forward Fall Back: We Hate Changing Clocks But Hate One Change Most

In 1918, with Gen Black Jack Pershing off to France to stop the Germans in World War I, the United...

Canadian Epidemiologists Claim Processed Foods Cause Bad Kids

A cohort analysis of preschoolers in Canada has led the authors of the paper to call for bans...

What AI Can't Do: Humanity’s Last Exam

By this time 26 years ago, the "Dot-Com Bubble" was ready to burst. People who wanted to raise...

Does NBA Income Inequality Impact Team Performance?

A new paper says that players where a few superstars get the money leads to less cooperation and...

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The Solar Power Backlash

The Solar Power Backlash

Dec 18 2012 | comment(s)

In Europe, Spain and Germany, whose populations bought into the 'subsidize legacy technology now and it will be cheaper later' myth, there is a backlash against solar power. Politicians are seeing the financial numbers through a prism of reality and cutting subsidies, which means big companies no longer see it as worthwhile.
Scientization Of Politics: The Reason Yucca Mountain Was Cancelled

Scientization Of Politics: The Reason Yucca Mountain Was Cancelled

Dec 14 2012 | comment(s)

Nuclear power is not mired in regulatory uncertainty because the science is unsettled, the overwhelming majority of scientists accept physics and the really overwhelming consensus of nuclear physicists accept the safety of nuclear power.
Obamadon Gracilis - Toothy Lizard Named After American President

Obamadon Gracilis - Toothy Lizard Named After American President

Dec 12 2012 | comment(s)

2009 was sure a long time ago.  Back then, President Barack Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing more than his inauguration speech. Exuberant voters ignored his vaccine-causes-autism believer, the many UFO-believers and the guy who thought girls couldn't do math on his transition team.  Even naming a Doomsday Prophet as Science Czar was cheered.

Girls Play With Dolls, Boys Catapult Them

Girls Play With Dolls, Boys Catapult Them

Dec 12 2012 | comment(s)

Though a subset of culture is determined to make the world omnisexual, kids are not getting the message.
Didn't Get A Nobel Prize This Year? Maybe You Should Sue Too

Didn't Get A Nobel Prize This Year? Maybe You Should Sue Too

Dec 12 2012 | comment(s)

In what is believed to be a historical first, someone named Dr. Rongxiang Xu has filed a lawsuit against the Nobel Assembly, citing libel and unfair competition.

New York City Voters Just Fine With Fracking - In Pennsylvania

New York City Voters Just Fine With Fracking - In Pennsylvania

Dec 10 2012 | comment(s)

I've often joked that residents of New York City have little knowledge of the culture and lifestyle of people beyond the Hudson River. Some seem to think the "Fallout" games are actually happening in all that land they fly over between Manhattan and San Francisco.