Today in Dubious Trends: Are Spaniards Really Resorting to Eating Garbage?
Yesterday, a prominently placed story in the New York Times claimed that Spain’s economy has gotten so bad,…
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Data Dump: Lance Armstrong Looks Even More Screwed This Morning
Former teammate tells all to the Guardian. Plus, what do the finishing times up the Tour's most fearsome mountain tell us about Armstrong's performance?
Docs To Tell Women if They Have Dense Breasts
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a law requiring doctors to let a woman know if she has dense…
Small Steps Toward Scientific Gender Equity
Tom Jacobs last week cited current research showing that job applications attributed to female scientists were received less…
Journalists: Why Do We Even Bother?
Why am I even writing this? Odds are that you, dear reader, don’t believe a word journalists like…
Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats
At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.…
Reading the Great Unread American Novel Without Having to Read
Always wanted to read Moby Dick, but never actually wanted to read Moby Dick? Then look no further!…
The Final Feast: Last Meals on Death Row
What would you eat if you knew it was your last meal? For some people—death-row inmates facing imminent…
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Passage (Updated)
This morning, in mere moments, NASA will fly the Endeavour over San Francisco in the final leg of…