“Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am”: Sarah Palin’s latest delusion is dangerous
Palin encourages parents to boycott Nye in the name of climate change denialism
Friday, Apr 15, 2016 1:15 AM UTC 0Elections Bill Nye
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Elections Bill Nye
The GOP vs. the pursuit of knowledge: Inside the Republican crusade against science
Republicans have increasingly not just alienated scientists, but have even worked to destroy their field
Monday, Apr 11, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0News anti-science, Climate Change
Addiction is a learning disorder: Why the war on drugs is useless, AA undermines treatment, and addiction studies can learn a lot from autism
Salon talks to Maia Szalavitz on her new book "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction"
Thursday, Apr 7, 2016 11:15 PM UTC 0Life addiction, Books, Maia Szalavitz
Even worse than we imagined: Sea levels will rise nearly double the previously considered “worst-case scenario,” devastating study reveals
New research suggests that the landmark Paris accord may be insufficient to prevent catastrophic sea level rise
Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 4:04 PM UTC 0Sustainability Antarctica, Climate Change
Scientists have discovered an unbelievably simple new way to fight childhood obesity
And it has nothing to do with food
Monday, Mar 28, 2016 10:15 PM UTC 0Innovation AlterNet, Child obesity
I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath
I clerked for Scalia, certain he prized reason. From our leather chairs, we never saw the lives his rulings gutted
Saturday, Feb 27, 2016 1:00 PM UTC 0Life Antonin Scalia, Editor's Picks
The science behind facepalming: Why you make breathtakingly stupid mistakes
New research suggests there are three distinct types of action that bring palm to face
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2016 10:30 AM UTC 0Social Facepalming, Psychology, Science
Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal
Zoltan Istvan wants to enliven America’s technological advancement by combining humans with machines
Friday, Feb 19, 2016 4:41 PM UTC 0Elections advancement, aol_on, Politics
Does your dog love you?
Dog love is all the rage nowadays, and oxytocin (the supposed "love hormone") is a big part of the conversation
Thursday, Feb 18, 2016 10:45 AM UTC 0Social Animal Behavior, dogs, Love
Enough with the vertical farming fantasies: There are still too many unanswered questions about the trendy practice
In addition to not feeding the masses, vertical farming could have grave environmental and economic consequences
Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0Innovation Agriculture, AlterNet
The science of swooning: We don’t really know why some kisses lead to back kicks, toe curls and weak knees
The world is split in two camps — those who have kicked a single foot up when kissed, and those who haven't
Sunday, Feb 14, 2016 8:30 PM UTC 0Life Chemistry, Love, Neuroscience
The GOP just despises science: No, really — why would Trump, Rubio and Cruz rather live in a sizzling hellscape than face reality?
Don't take our word for it. You might listen to the world's most distinguished scientists and intellectuals, though
Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 3:45 PM UTC 0Sustainability Climate Change, Editor's Picks
Save us, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!: The Flat Earth movement is back with a vengeance
Eccentric hip hop star B.o.B. is even committed to the cause, amplifying what was once a theory for secret weirdos
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016 5:26 PM UTC 0Entertainment aol_on, B.o.B., Music
Our real Sarah Palin nightmare: We debate sideshows and phony problems — while this very real threat looms undiscussed
While we waste time debating whether science is real, a terrifying biodiversity loss continues under our noses
Sunday, Jan 24, 2016 10:58 AM UTC 0Sustainability Biodiversity loss
This is how science lost God: Atheism, evolution and the long road to Richard Dawkins’ latest Twitter controversy
The roots of today's battles over atheism, science, religion and climate change actually date back centuries
Sunday, Jan 17, 2016 5:00 PM UTC 0Innovation aol_on, Books, Creation
Pot smoking’s been connected to everything from lowered IQ to mental illness. Where’s the truth?
A careful look at the science around the worst of the claims about weed reveals many of the fears to be overblown
Thursday, Jan 14, 2016 11:57 PM UTC 0Innovation AlterNet, marijuana, Science
“Tequila crazy” and “martini maudlin”: Do different kinds of alcohol give us a different buzz?
Well, booze is booze, but there are 3 possibilities for why you might seem to get drunker from a shot than a beer
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2016 11:58 PM UTC 0Innovation Alcohol, AlterNet, Science
Please, Republicans, believe in science again: We need this climate deal, and can’t do it without you
If the right keeps fighting science, the Paris accord will collapse in mere years. And that would be a disaster
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2015 12:58 PM UTC 0Innovation aol_on, Climate Change
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