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A professional skeptic talks about what's real science (evolution, the Big Bang), what's balderdash (ESP, creationism) and what lies between (hypnotism, superstring theory).
By Suzy Hansen
August 27, 2001
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"Days of Our Lives" was paving the way for science long before real-life eggheads had figured anything out.
By Christine Kenneally
June 7, 2001
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The state Legislature casts him in the same league as Hitler. A science educator says it's going to be a rough year for evolutionists.
By Fiona Morgan
May 4, 2001
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As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly.
By Arthur Allen
February 13, 2001
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According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime.
By David Barash
January 23, 2001
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The HHS nominee supports it, but right-to-lifers want it stopped.
By Arthur Allen
December 29, 2000
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After I die, I want maggots to eat away my flesh so my skeleton can be used for research purposes.
By Pegi Taylor
August 28, 2000
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Scientists broke the speed of light -- or so we were told. Did the press keep us in the dark, or was it the scientists?
By Chris Colin
August 3, 2000
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Scientists say the security crackdown at nuclear weapons labs is the real national security risk.
By Fiona Morgan
July 21, 2000
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Love and molecules converge in a hot Thai swim one evening.
By Melinda Misuraca
April 15, 2000
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An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A
Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
By David Bowman
April 3, 2000
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Kary Mullis revolutionized genetic research but thumbs his nose at the scientific establishment. It thumbs its nose right back.
By William Speed Weed
March 29, 2000
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Medical research depends on knowing what you're looking for.
By Robert Burton, M.D.
February 28, 2000
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For post-docs, finding a supernova is easier than finding a job.
By William Speed Weed
February 28, 2000
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Does nature make men brutes and women sluts?
By Laura Miller
January 21, 2000
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My Mom caught me reading Playboy -- and thought I was gay! Plus: Did Hildegard of Bingen really commune with God -- or just need aspirin? Mixed reactions to Hillary's New York adventure.
Letters to the editor
January 10, 2000
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The Templeton Foundation invests millions so scientists might prove that faith works. But their answers aren't what Sir John Templeton wants to hear.
By Lawrence Osborne
December 24, 1999
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Scientists who use evolutionary psychology to explain religion are ignoring facts and missing the point.
By Margaret Wertheim
December 24, 1999
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Medical scientists predict technologies such as animal-to-human organ transplants and toilets that send info to your doctor.
By Jon Bowen
November 17, 1999
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Mammals can pass along acquired characteristics to their offspring, according to a new study.
By Arthur Allen
November 4, 1999
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Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.
By Ann Douglas
October 11, 1999
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People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs.
By Arthur Allen
June 11, 1999
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When your lab partner is an obsessive compulsive, not even the data is safe.
By Lori Gottleib
January 13, 1999
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Thought-activated computing: By Sam Witt and Sean Durkin. The cyberpunk vision of a brain/computer interface becomes real -- as a boon for the paralyzed.
By Sam Witt And Sean Durkin
November 23, 1998
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The mind's I only thinks it's in charge, argues 'The User Illusion.'
By Matthew DeBord
July 8, 1998
Science, semi-science and nonsense
Louisiana calls Darwin a racist
The myth of monogamy
Will Thompson, Bush clash over human embryo research?
Bone dry
Trick of the light
Secret costs
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