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We’re talking about diversity in the skeptical community again, this time occasioned by some unfortunate and ignorant comments from Michael Shermer about atheism and skepticism being “a guy thing”, which […]
I’ve spent the last two weeks getting licensed to work in a new field. Mitt Romney has spent the last two weeks since Rick Santorum dropped out of the race […]
Michael Moore is in a class by himself when it comes to generating news attention, advance publicity, and box office for his documentary films. For example, when I was in […]
A 1997 poster appearing in Central Park.Perhaps the best commentary on the cultural reaction to Michael Jackson’s death comes from the NY Times’ columnist Bob Herbert. After describing meeting Jackson […]
Before there was James Carville and Carl Rove, there was Michael Deaver, father of the presidential photo-op and stage master to the Ronald Reagan White House. As the Washington Post […]
First we had to witness the egotistical tug-of-war over who took credit for coining the phrase “axis of evil” (David Frum’s wife leaked her husband as the author, which I’m […]
In 1974, Hawking showed that black holes aren’t stable, but emit radiation and decay. Nearly 50 years later, it isn’t just for black holes.
These composers channeled the horror of the Holocaust and Hiroshima while honoring those who lived through it.
Reading classic books can inform you as much about the present as the past.
Our brainwaves naturally synchronize with external stimuli like flickering lights. Here’s how the phenomenon might boost learning.
An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.
Our concept of “failure” is way too narrow.
“Who ya gonna believe: me or your own eyes?” Until you can assess your perception, the answer should be neither.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here’s a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
George Washington, for example, was quite happy to engage in deception, if that deception would help protect the United States.
One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.
Hit shows are like societal mirrors, capable of reflecting the cultural zeitgeist whose likeness they try to record.
From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.
For the past 150+ years, the big ones have all missed us. But at some point, our good luck will run out.
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
The same parts of the brain that help us navigate complex social interactions can also drive us to make wildly bad investments.
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And either way, is energy or information conserved? When two things in the Universe that “always” occur meet one another, how do you know which one will win? Gravitational waves, […]
“It’s not always about agreement, more often it’s about business.”
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Binary pulsars are doing what no other measurement has done: measure our galactic acceleration directly. Even though the majority of the matter that makes up our Universe may be completely […]