- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 23, 2007
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Carbon connoisseurs
Does your wine have a bouquet of gasoline? Does it have a carbon footprint? Yes, but...
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2007
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Fit and fat?
Overweight that falls short of obesity may not be the villain it's been portrayed as.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2007
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Seeing a museum again for the first time
What exactly is the Museum of Science and Industry teaching us?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 18, 2007
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Taking the toll of warming
Too hot for you or your pet toad? Change, move, or die.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2007
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Promises we can keep
Are children a central part of life, or an optional choice? Does it depend on your social class?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 3, 2007
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Devil with a flat screen on
When Mom chased you outside to play with other kids instead of watching the boob tube, she may have been on to something.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2007
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Technology for the long term
Can genetic engineering at the nanoscale help curb global warming?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2007
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The left-wing war against science
Why do so few women wind up in science? It's a live issue.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 29, 2006
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Borrow like there's no tomorrow
The longer Illinois state government postpones its day of reckoning on pensions, the worse it will be.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2006
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I can't believe it's science
Deceptive blister beetles and a worm with personal assistants; if a designer was involved, s/he had a nasty sense of humor.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 15, 2006
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Warning: giant methane emission ahead
Science and the anti-science.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 13, 2006
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Come, let us reason together -- and damn those other morons!
Balkanization happens.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 8, 2006
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How much can schools do to close the achievement gap?
High-flying schools that select their students prove little about school reform.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 8, 2006
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Young = creative and old = stodgy. Right?
Creativity is where you find it.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 5, 2006
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Why are we so fat?
Now farmers aren't the only ones complaining about cheap food.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 31, 2006
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Atrazine: because you can never have too many hermaphrodites
Up close and personal with one nasty skirmish in the war against environmental science.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 30, 2006
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Measuring poverty with a broken yardstick
Poor people have more spacious homes, more cars, and healthier kids than 30 years ago. Why is the "poverty rate" higher?
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 29, 2006
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"Pissing while"
Keeping time without clocks.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 22, 2006
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Easter Island: Did the rats destroy it?
Jared Diamond could be wrong about the story of Easter Island without being wrong about the big story.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 18, 2006
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Buddha's unasked question
Did the great religious teacher jump to a conclusion?
