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Can Telomeres Predict How Long You Will Live?
No, they can't. Not exactly, and perhaps not with sufficient precision to be useful to you. But there is a new company called Life Length who will sell you, for…
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Belief In God “Rooted” In Human Nature Say Academics
New research has shown---and by "research" I mean a fact long known to citizens is revealed to academics who attach a p-value to it and publish it---"that suggests that religion…
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Food Deserts: Millions Of Californians Starving Themselves Into Obesity
The blubber is flowing in California. So says that State's venerable University, Los Angeles division. It's an epidemic! Both excessive fatness "increased significantly in just six years". This isn't the…
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“I Can See The Future!”
The future begins tomorrow. This being so, it doesn't seem especially difficult to say what will happen in that uncertain land. Weathermen, and their noble sisters the weatherwomen, daily dispatch…
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Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists?
The answer is: Americans hate atheists just as much as they hate theists. Residents of these grand United States had always disliked prigs of any stripe and are not shy…
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The Non-Candidacy Of Donald Trump
2020 Update Thanks for DAV for reminding me of this. This post below shows how far you can go wrong, how idiotic you can be, when you, like I, follow…
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Government outlays: The Canadian Experience — Guest Post by David Ipperciel
In the post "Taxing the Rich Always Fails Eventually," Briggs states that, "It is rational to believe that these years [of decreasing deficits] will continue to be infrequent." I believe…
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SETI Goes Deaf
The Allen Telescope Array run by SETI---Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence---has been forced into hibernation because of the lack of money (Mercury News story). The electronic ears will remain planted on…