Random Thoughts
- Women Like Dating, Men Prefer "Hooking Up," Survey Shows
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Between hooking up and traditional dating, more women than men prefer dating whereas more men rate hooking up above dating, according to a new survey of college students at a midsized southeastern university. Both genders, however, perceive similar benefit ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2010 - 11:14am
- Collateral Murder: Basic Physics and Common Sense.
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By now everyone has seen the video. Here are some physical facts that one should consider. These facts do not support the position of the military and many apologist. ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 8 2010 - 2:57am
- Americans Critical Of Health Care Reform
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A comprehensive review of national opinion polls taken before and after Congressional voting and when President Obama signed into law a major healthcare reform bill last month has found that the law's signing did not change Americans' opinions of ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2010 - 11:36am
- Another Way To Annoy The Relatives
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A recent LiveScience article entitled " Ancestry Search Can Annoy Living Relatives " expressed the point that all the interest displayed in researching one's family tree could annoy relatives. Personally I thought the use of the word " ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Apr 8 2010 - 9:58pm
- Is It Time For A Global Health Fund?
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Governments of developing countries have done a fantastic job managing international aid money. Today, 44% of international health aid money cannot be traced in the budgets of the receiving countries. While many assume that the money disappears into somebo ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2010 - 1:55pm
- Bangkok State of Emergency
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As I start to write this I can hear two helicopters passing overhead. I live in a small road just 5 minutes walk from one of Bangkok's major traffic clots, Victory Monument. Sometimes, writing about science has to give way to the business of staying a ...
Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 10 2010 - 3:05am
- Two ‘Hamburger’ Plants?
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I have just returned from over a week working at DESY (das Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) at Hamburg, and when I am not so tired I hope to write up some more synchrotron stuff for you all. We were working over the Easter holiday, and while the DESY Bis ...
Article - Robert H Olley - May 16 2013 - 1:34pm
- The Unscientists 2010 Awards- Nominee #2 Richard Lindzen
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The Unscientists 2010 Awards- Nominee #2 Richard Lindzen On April 6 2010 I announced The Unscientists 2010 Awards. The rules are simple, and mainly require that: by the use exclusively or mainly, of: a) repetition of an already debunked argument, ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 11 2010 - 1:56pm
- Why Liberals and Conservatives Can't Get Along.
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In a recent LiveScience article entitled " Why Can't We All Just Get Along? ", the topic of liberal and conservative differences was highlighted. There were clearly numerous factors that affected how these two groups interpreted things rang ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Apr 11 2010 - 11:24pm
- US Immigration Policy Linked To Black Urban Violence
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Sociological theory has previously linked black urban decline to poverty, loss of manufacturing jobs and racial segregation. A new study in Social Forces claims another factor should be added into the dense cluster of black disadvantage – harsh immigratio ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2010 - 6:36pm