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Global Warming - Why Our Best Guess Is Probably Wrong

Are these guys out of business? Why are all the articles July 2009?  (Aug 27, 2009 | post #9)

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What makes a genius?

"smart was sexy and attractive" If being smart is sexy and attractive, then I am Brad Pitt.  (Aug 25, 2009 | post #43)

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World's largest telescope to be built in Hawaii

Do you think the Mayans are behind it?  (Jul 23, 2009 | post #3)

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The Math That Won the $1 Million Netflix Prize

Try saying stochastic gradient descent 3 times really fast!  (Jul 22, 2009 | post #1)

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Social robots offer a preview of tomorrow's classroom

The biggest objection will come from teacher unions, who seem to think teaching is a voodoo art only they can do.  (Jul 17, 2009 | post #3)

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Global Warming - Why Our Best Guess Is Probably Wrong

Agreed, though that means only about 5 people in climate have been doing science for the last 15 years.  (Jul 15, 2009 | post #4)

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Oh No You Didn't - Teen Girls Emotion Circuits Spark More Than ...

I know, obvious, right?  (Jul 15, 2009 | post #1)

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Global Warming - Why Our Best Guess Is Probably Wrong

Uh oh, these climate scientists aren't going to get on the IPCC talking like that.  (Jul 14, 2009 | post #1)

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New Power Plants Get Virtual 3-D Engineering

New tools are great, now we just need to use them for a better kind of power plant.  (Jul 13, 2009 | post #1)

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Black Hat: Your Social Security Number Can Be Predicted With On...

I'm giggling at the Kontera text ads all over your comment. Who knew you meant for the words 'private information' to be an advertisement for cuff links? :) Kontera sucks and if Topix needs the extra $.25 per thousand readers, that's okay, but it's some higher level of annoying. I am surprised Google doesn't tank companies that put text links in comments like that.  (Jul 10, 2009 | post #2)

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Daredevil Lives: Scientists Develop Echolocation In Humans

Outstanding. Even Ben Affleck can't screw this one up! Wait ... what am I saying?  (Jun 30, 2009 | post #1)

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Missing Link? Darwinius Masillae Transitional Fossil Has Human-...

Yes, I saw the rather exaggerated accounts also. Even Google fell prey to it, changing their logo to be a picture of the little lemur that could. It is an important discovery, to be sure, but there is no magic bullet in science. Some people will never believe in evolution just like they never believed in germs. There's too much money tied up in denying evolution for anyone to nod their heads over a fossil, no matter how transitional it is.  (May 20, 2009 | post #5)

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Missing Link? Transitional Fossil Has Human-Like Nails And Oppo...

Well, this was among the least hyped accounts of this discovery. I think you're right in being skeptical in the notion that this is the base of the human tree but it's important, not just because it's a transitional fossil but because (1) Biology predicted it should exist if it could exist at all (fossils being tricky business) (2) Geology told us where we would be most likely to find it (3) Paleontology found it. So more than just biology, it shows the scientific method works (again).  (May 20, 2009 | post #2)

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Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

Yes, Summers was just an example of someone picked despite the outrage of the militant political base. All politicians have to pay back some favors if they want to get re-elected.  (May 17, 2009 | post #2)

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Don’t You Understand The Square Root Of NO?

The Topix filter apparently is chewing up URLS - http://www.scienti ficblogging.com/be amlines/don&#8 217;t_you_understa nd_square_root_no  (May 14, 2009 | post #2)

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