Famous quote – “If only there were evil people…”

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Todays Famous quote … Alexander Solzhenitsyn If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a … Read more

Have you Had flu? If so, then the next pandemic could hit you hard

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WHY did the 2009 swine flu pandemic kill so many more young adults than children? Paradoxically, it might be because of past exposure to seasonal flu. When Fernando Polack of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues studied 75 adults with swine flu they found severe cases had more antibodies that bound to the virus … Read more

Professor Richard Wiseman – 10 quirky science stunts

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Professor Richard Wiseman started out as a professional magician, but since he now holds Britain’s only Professorship in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, he has obviously left all that behind him … or has he? Perhaps not, because he has just made the following YouTube video in which he shows … Read more

PZ gets email from kooks

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The author of the worlds most famous science blog, Pharyngula, gets email …and not just any old email, because he appears to attract droves of complete nutters who feel compelled to convert him. So how should you handle such rantings, bin it, ignore it, or have a serious discussion? Well, regardless of how you might … Read more

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