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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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My Appearance On The Blaze Network

My Appearance On The Blaze Network

Dec 08 2012 | comment(s)

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.
Coffee And Why Good Morning America Is Not A Science Program

Coffee And Why Good Morning America Is Not A Science Program

Dec 05 2012 | comment(s)

Good Morning America is doing its part for scare journalism, this time telling us that if one computer prediction about global warming is correct, there won't be any wild coffee beans left.

Relax, GMA, your guy already won the election, you don't need to drum up hysteria any more.  With four more years in office, he can go back to ignoring climate change, just like every other politician and focus on important stuff in the upcoming holiday season, like taxing Christmas tree farmers so the government can promote Christmas trees.
Blaming Hurricane Sandy On Global Warming Was Good Politics - But Terrible Science

Blaming Hurricane Sandy On Global Warming Was Good Politics - But Terrible Science

Dec 04 2012 | comment(s)

Which esteemed body does not like any attribution of hurricanes to global warming?
Simpletons Amazed Pat Robertson Not A Young Earth Creationist

Simpletons Amazed Pat Robertson Not A Young Earth Creationist

Dec 03 2012 | comment(s)

One of the silliest tropes in the hyped-up 'controversy' over evolution is that all religious people should be conflated with 'Young Earth Creationists'.  
It Takes Basic Research, Stupid

It Takes Basic Research, Stupid

Dec 01 2012 | comment(s)

Hot on the heels of the election, geoscientists are recommending what should be an obvious change of direction for our energy policy; instead of wasting another $72 billion on subsidies for corporations building legacy ineffective green energy technology, the Obama administration should be funding basic research with that money instead. 

Mayas Annoyed At Ritual Ban This Close To The Apocalypse

Mayas Annoyed At Ritual Ban This Close To The Apocalypse

Nov 30 2012 | comment(s)

 Mayan priests began their ceremonies to mark the end of the current era in the Mayan long-count calendar yesterday and it involved incense and rituals...but they were stuck doing it at a park in Mexico City.