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Declaring War On Frappuccino And Diet Soda Is Not A Valid Government Nutrition Guideline

You're not  a Frank-people because you eat Doritos, despite what people writing lifestyle/diet...

Physician Burnout Is Common - And Informal Rationing Is One Big Cause

If the government promises every home a great gardener, most people recognize they won't get a...

Cancel Culture Prevents The Best Researchers From Engaging With The Food Industry

After Chris Wild took over the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a UN-funded...

Vermont Should Stop Showing Leadership In Overruling Scientists On Farming

Despite Vermont's Agricultural  Innovation Board (AIB), created to inform regulatory recommendations...

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Will China overtake the US in science leadership?

Will China overtake the US in science leadership?

Nov 01 2010 | comment(s)

There are times when being a communist dictatorship has its advantages.  Without having to worry about jobs or elections, you can enact a plan and stick to it until it works and, if a million or so peasants get displaced to build a dam, they don't vote anyway.
Happy Halloween - if you didn't watch my

Happy Halloween - if you didn't watch my "5 Movies for Halloween" you can still watch these videos

Oct 31 2010 | comment(s)

I get that not everyone will devote two hours each night, or 10 hours over a weekend, to pumpkin carving a Death Star...

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 ...or watching 5 terrific Halloween movies, but even if your attention span runs more toward Twitter than IMDB, here are at least a few videos you can try:
5 Days Of Halloween Movies:

5 Days Of Halloween Movies: "The 13th Warrior"

Oct 31 2010 | comment(s)

After "Five Million Miles to Earth" and "Dead of Night" we get to something a little more modern in our 5 Days of Halloween Movies.

"Dead Of Night": The Horror Movie That Inspired Hoyle's Steady State Model

Oct 30 2010 | comment(s)

After watching "Five Million Years To Earth", a terrific mix of science, horror and anthropology, it's no crime to associate British horror cinema with Hammer Films, even though that was not one of the bloody Dracula films which earned them their fame.
Early photographic image of humans discovered?

Early photographic image of humans discovered?

Oct 28 2010 | comment(s)

It isn't the first photograph of humans but two men near the river's edge in a photo of Cincinnati taken in 1848 is kind of a big deal among photography historians.

"Life of Pi": How to make 3-D movies interesting

Oct 27 2010 | comment(s)

In the 1980s, computer generated characters were the rage so people were always looking for a way to use them in films, regardless of whether or not it helped or hurt the story.   So it goes with 3-D in movies today.

For those who don't wear glasses, it is an annoyance and for people who do wear glasses, it is twice the annoyance, but everyone is making 3-D movies because...everyone else is making 3-D movies.