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What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
Sarah Wells
One fateful day 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs which had inhabited Earth for about 165 million years got a nasty surprise: A roughly 9-mile-wide (15 kilometers) asteroid crashed into what is ...[Continue Reading]
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Entrenched Federal Bureaucracy Uses Malicious Compliance to Shame Trump and DOGE Over Job Cuts
Stacey Matthews
Ive seen a lot of insane stories from the mainstream media in my time but one of them that absolutely takes the cake is one from the Washington Post on the job cuts that hit the National Park Servic ...[Continue Reading]
Legalinsurrection.com
1 day ago
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Mindful Eating Could Be More Beneficial Than Calorie Counting
Sara Novak
It would make sense that if you wanted to lose weight, reducing your calorie intake would be imperative. And in order to reduce your calorie count, you need to know how many calories youre taking in ...[Continue Reading]
Discover Magazine
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I Was Desperate to Cure My Acne. The Solution Was Right There in the Fridge All Along.
Meghan McGillin
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. My first pimple was a defining moment in my life. I recall feeling confus ...[Continue Reading]
Slate Magazine
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Machine learning has a pseudoscience problem
Kristjan Wager
This is an age-old problem. GIGO. This is why good scientific journals have reviewers. Unfortunately, with the huge number of papers being churned out, and the huge number of journals, reviews are o ...[Continue Reading]
Freethoughtblogs.com
1 day ago
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Physiognomy tells me this man is the village idiot
PZ Myers
Niall Gooch is a very Christian man. He writes for the Spectator, a conservative British news weekly, but he also publishes in the Catholic Herald and in Premier Christianity. He must be a good Chris ...[Continue Reading]
Freethoughtblogs.com
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