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Atheism, Fundamentalism and Possibilianism
Man reaches out to touch God but refuses to get up from couch in Michaelangelo's "La Creazione." (AP Photo) Is there a God? Did some unimaginable divine hand set the course of human events or does it...
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An interview with Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad
Radiolab's Jad Abumrad (left) and Robert Krulwich. I like to think that anyone who follows this blog or listens to the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast probably listens to WNYC’s Radiolab as well. The...
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Science and Art: Disgusting Human Bodies of the Future
The future? (HUMAN+ Image by Steve Barrett, Embryo III) I love collisions of science and art, especially when they speculate on the future of the human race. Thus, as brought to my attention by...
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How About an ‘In Defense of Science’ Pledge?
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a number of GOP presidential hopefuls sign all manner of pledges regarding tax increases, the federal budget, marriage, sexuality, religion and reproductive rights....
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Should NASA fake an interplanetary holy war?
Space Satan! (CSA_Images/Vetta/Getty) Neil deGrasse Tyson is probably the last person to suggest NASA falsify the threat of alien invasion to play on humanity’s fears. I also doubt he’d suggest that...
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The HowStuffWorks Guide to “Prometheus”
Hey there, good looking. (20th Century Fox) See “Prometheus” over the weekend? Aching to learn a bit more about some of the futuristic technology that pops up in the film? Well then allow me to share a...
View ArticleJim Trainor’s Animated World of Bats and Dinosaurs
If you’ve never experienced the wonders of Jim Trainor’s animation, then you’re in for a treat. I love a great convergence of art and science and that’s just what you get in thees short films. Trainor...
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Blow the Mind: Hammer of the Witches
Circa 1500, mythical witches communing in a woodland landscape. (Rischgitz/Getty Images) Imagine a half million corpses — mostly women — piled high on a pyre. Imagine an age of social turmoil,...
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Blow The Mind: The Science of Gremlins and Mogwai
The adult or “gremlin” mogwai. (Image courtesy of Mike Corriero) Mogwai and Gremlins might SEEM the most unrealistic little monsters ever to crawl out of the 1980s, but nothing could be further from...
View ArticleBlow Your Mind: Big Science of 2012 (with videos)
As you leave 2012 in the dust, join Julie and I as we take one last look in the rear-view mirror at some of the truly mind blowing science that went down in the past year. Oh yes, and those videos we...
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Red Snow is Falling Down (seriously)
Dante and Virgil witness the of Torture of Fiery Rain. (Gustave Dore) So I’m currently reading an excellent article by Professor Randy Cerveny on the meteorology of Dante’s Inferno and he mentions...
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Futuristic Surgical Blade Can Taste Cancer
(©Sagel & Kranefeld/Corbis) They say a man’s only as good as his tools, but what would “they” say about the cancer-detecting iKnife? The smart surgical instrument is the work of Dr Zoltan Takats...
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The Keys to Narnia
Through the eye of a child. (Christina Kilgour/Flickr/Getty) If we learned anything from the tales of our childhood, it’s that only the young see the world as it really is. After all, who spoke with...
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Astounding 1983 Bioluminescence Research Photos
Making science look cool, Staff Research Associate Charlie Arneson uses a Bunsen burner to inoculate and then transfer cultures of Photobacterium NZ11-D. (© Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS) As a science...
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Behold the Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko
Satanic gecko action! (REUTERS/J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester) Our recent episode “Autotomy: Nature’s Dismemberment Plan” dives into the tail-dropping world of lizards, geckos and skinks, so...
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Is God a highly-evolved extraterrestrial being?
“Lamentation over the Dead Christ” by by Antonio Canova, 1799 (DeAgostini/Getty Images) Before I begin, let me preface by saying this post isn’t about ancient astronauts. It’s about the God of the...
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Meet The Real-Life Cthulhu
Cthulhu is dreaming. (Art by Richard Falla) “A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings; but it was the general outline of the whole which made it most...
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Too Sweet: Where Hinduism Meets Pro-Wrestling
Is too sweet too healthy? (Zohaib Hussain/Getty Images) Yoga and professional wrestling have an interesting relationship. A growing number of performers turn to yoga to help maintain their physical...
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