Viral Lazaruses?
Or is it Lazarai? Either way, The New Yorker has an interesting article about recreating extinct retroviruses.
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November 30, 2007
Or is it Lazarai? Either way, The New Yorker has an interesting article about recreating extinct retroviruses.
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November 29, 2007
The traditional media might not like blogs, but they're starting to have to listen to them--because they're potential customers.
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November 28, 2007
Is competition what makes U.S. doctoral programs excel? Or buckets of money?
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November 27, 2007
I've considering canceling my New York Times subscription. Here are the pros and cons.
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November 26, 2007
Category: Feminism
A new divorce policy in Japan highlights the different outcomes when women are not dependent on men but interdependent with them. It's scaring the hell out of Japanese men.
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I've written about creationist and convicted felon Kent Hovind's idiocy. But I had forgotten another aspect of Hovind--his ties to white supremacist groups.
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November 25, 2007
A while back, I posted about the full out assault by demonic flocks of turkeys on the good city of Boston. Now, I have personally witnessed the horror up close.
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November 24, 2007
Tom Engelhardt asks the question I've wondered about Atlanta's drought: what happens if there literally is no water?
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November 23, 2007
While I'm not a believer in the idea that a different political voting process would yield dramatically better governance, the Iowa caucus procedure is so stupid that I'm willing to make an exception.
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November 22, 2007
Category: Basic Human Decency
I thought today would be a good to thank of you who were able to donate to my Donors Choose challenge.
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