By the time you read this, I hopefully have been dismissed from jury duty. Science:
A Case Of Classic SwiftBoating: How The Right-Wing Noise Machine Manufactured 'Climategate'
Public health: flunking the test
Yogurt Enemas, Rolfing and Astral Healing for All!
The beckoning silence: Why half of the world's languages are in serious danger of dying out
There's More Than One Way to Split an Atom
Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border
Education Rate in U.S. Declines
What Happened When an Anti-Choice Catholic Woman Needed an Abortion at Dr. Tiller's Clinic
Six Files the US Government Keeps on You, and How to Obtain a Copy
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