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New study shows UVA rays - thought to be linked to aging, wrinkles - can also cause cancer
Read More »The three things I learned at the Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women: on being a radical scholar
The kiddo is asleep for the night.
Read More »The three things I learned at the Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women: on being a radical scholar
The kiddo is asleep for the night. My husband and I sit on kitchen countertops, facing each other
Read More »In the Ink: Do All Tattoo Pigments Use Mercury and Other Toxic Heavy Metals?
Dear EarthTalk : I’m interested in getting a new tattoo, but recently found out that red tattoo ink contains mercury. Is this true of other tattoo inks as well?
Read More »In the Ink: Do All Tattoo Pigments Use Mercury and Other Toxic Heavy Metals?
Dear EarthTalk : I’m interested in getting a new tattoo, but recently found out that red tattoo ink contains mercury. Is this true of other tattoo inks as well? Are there any ecofriendly alternatives?
Read More »Meet the Winners of Scientific American ‘s Great Consciousness Contest
In June Scientific American launched its Great Consciousness Contest intended to get readers involved in testing an idea put forward by leading neuroscientists Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi.
Read More »Meet the Winners of Scientific American ‘s Great Consciousness Contest
In June Scientific American launched its Great Consciousness Contest intended to get readers involved in testing an idea put forward by leading neuroscientists Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. Their article in SA 's June issue, " A Test for Consciousness ," postulates that slight variations in the placement of objects that occupy ordinary everyday images can completely befuddle the most sophisticated image-recognition capabilities of today's computers.
Read More »World’s craziest toilet bowls
With World Toilet Day approaching, wacky toilets are in spotlight
Read More »Ada Lovelace and the Luddites.
Today is Ada Lovelace Day . If you are not a regular reader of my other blog , you may not know that I am a tremendous Luddite .
Read More »Ada Lovelace and the Luddites.
Today is Ada Lovelace Day . If you are not a regular reader of my other blog , you may not know that I am a tremendous Luddite . I prefer hand-drawn histograms and flowcharts to anything I can make with a graphics program
Read More »Calif. pot dispensaries to close? What federal prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors launch crackdown on pot dispensaries in California
Read More »Free pot? Federal program ships marijuana to four
Uncle Sam hands out canisters of marijuana cigarettes?
Read More »Ask.com CTO Lisa Kavanaugh On Teaching An Old Answer Site Brand-New Tricks
"We are no longer a general purpose search engine," Kavanaugh tells us. Instead, Ask.com uses proprietary, semantic search technology to deliver answers from it's own content banks, community, experts, and from all over the web. Today, Google captures nearly 65% of all U.S.
Read More »Video: New Muppet highlights hunger
A new Muppet named Lily has found her way to special edition of "Sesame Street" called "Growing Hope Against Hunger." The character will talk to the show's young viewers about poverty, hunger and the insecurities they might have over their family's ability to have enough to eat. Erica Hill talks to Lily and Dr
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