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Posts made in July, 2012

Bill Nye The Science Guy Gets Political – Guess Who He Endorsed?

Why would anyone on a science site bother to mention that a scientist has endorsed a Democrat?  It's only news when a scientist does not endorse a Democrat - well, if anyone in science media were to report it.In 2008 76 Nobel laureates endorsed Senator Obama and, of course, blasted Bush. What has Obama done differently?  Not much, he simply replaced conservative anti-science positions...

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"Meatless Mondays" – USDA Called ‘Extremist Vegetarians’

The Agriculture Department is supposed to promote agriculture, including meat, but it seems someone in there once read a flawed metric that claims it takes a gallon of gas to produce a pound of beef and recommended USDA employees go meatless to save the world.Is there any truth to it?  No, but maybe they are counting on another four years of anti-science, advocacy-based leadership and...

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Frack, The Water Is Clean? Activists Disappointed In Science Again

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that, despite claims by some that the water has been polluted by gas drilling, extensive tests in the northeastern Pennsylvania village of Dimock found it safe. read...

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Lancelet Genetic Mistake Was A Big Win For Humans

How did we arrive where we are? A dainty, quill-like sea creature called a lancelet provides the best evidence that vertebrates evolved over the past 550 million years through a four-fold duplication of the genes of more primitive ancestors.

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Voula Papachristou Was Almost The Prettiest Racist In The Olympics

Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou, age 23, almost got to London for the Olympics. Instead, she has been booted from the team for a Twitter remark that went: “With so many Africans in Greece … at least the West Nile mosquitos will eat homemade food!!!” Now, is that really racist? The definition of racism is [...]

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