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Religion for Scientists
These Hubble photos from HubbleSite sum it all up. Studying nature with rigor is a high spiritual calling. In my mind, honoring the scientific method is a much higher calling than cherry-picking vague passages from old books of questionable origin. The following photo is of the Crab Nebula, taken by…
Maher: Tell Bush what he wants to hear
The idea of Bill Maher's post is that we should just tell President Bush that his wildest fantasies are, indeed, coming true. Will Bush ever find out that we're lying to him? Are you kidding? He just told Australia's Prime Minister that we're "kicking ass" in Iraq. That's the way it…
Did the “Earth move” during sex?
You bet it did! Actually, the Earth moves whether or not you are having sex. The only real question is figuring out how far the Earth moved. Luckily Quirkology has provided you a calculator that allows you to customize input to figure out, in miles, how far the Earth actually…
Can you figure out this trick?
This is a good trick and a terrific experiment. Watch the video all the way through for a great illustration of "attention blindness." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAntzB7EwE[/youtube]