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Why you should ignore the tone police 24 May 2013 | 06:16 am
Because they punch down while those they police aren’t allowed to punch up. The people being told to ask nicely or argue sweetly are themselves subject to a barrage of hostile garbage. Read Amanda Mar...
All about rope 22 Mar 2013 | 05:42 am
I found an interesting Web site that describes the kinds of rope, its history, and how it is made. Two-strand rope may have been invented more than 17,000 years ago. The Egyptians built tools for maki...
Meteorite strikes southeast Russia 16 Feb 2013 | 07:06 am
Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy has a roundup of links for the meteor strike this morning just east of the Ural Mountains: Huge Meteor Blazes Across the Sky: Windows Shatter. Filed under: science, world T...
Penicillin breeding experiments! 24 Jan 2013 | 10:54 pm
Scientists used their understanding of the MAT (mating) genes to induce penicillin mold to reproduce sexually, producing spores with new gene combinations. They hope to breed new strains that will kil...
Penicillin breeding experiments! 24 Jan 2013 | 10:54 pm
Scientists used their understanding of the MAT (mating) genes to induce penicillin mold to reproduce sexually, producing spores with new gene combinations. They hope to breed new strains that will kil...
Tech support scam taken down 8 Jan 2013 | 08:03 am
Tech support scam taken down This might explain why I haven’t had any calls from these parasites lately: Tech support scams have been crushed by Canadian, Australian, and United States authorities. F...
Tech support scam taken down 8 Jan 2013 | 08:03 am
Tech support scam taken down This might explain why I haven’t had any calls from these parasites lately: Tech support scams have been crushed by Canadian, Australian, and United States authorities. F...
Rebecca Watson 16 Dec 2012 | 11:26 am
How it all began: “Sexism in the skeptic community.” This is a simple, straightforward story that has been distorted and misrepresented all over the Internet. It has also spawned proper harassment pol...
Rebecca Watson 16 Dec 2012 | 11:26 am
How it all began: “Sexism in the skeptic community.” This is a simple, straightforward story that has been distorted and misrepresented all over the Internet. It has also spawned proper harassment pol...
Glenn Morton’s “Why I Left Young-Earth Creationism” 25 Nov 2012 | 08:31 pm
From Old Earth Creation Science Ministry. Copyright 2000 by Glenn R. Morton. This may be freely distributed so long as no changes are made to the text and no charges are made to the reader. For years ...
