• Science

    Can Fear Be Forgotten?

    By Posted on 1.22.2008 2 Comments

    How does fear work? Click here to launch our Atlas of Fear.

    2.3.2008 at 10:36pm - Comment by Creek1

    Fear is good, at a certain extent, ti keeps you on edge, on guard. Granted most of us live in big cities were the only fear is walking down a bad street or neighborhood. Yet this fear is what tells us what to do and not to do, keeping us alive or at least safe.

  • Science

    Bill Nye vs. Intelligent Design

    By Posted on 2.7.2008 134 Comments

    Bn_globe_1 His show stopped producing new episodes nearly eight years ago, but it seems that Bill Nye the Science Guy (Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!) isn't submitting to B-level TV-celebrity status just yet. A mechanical engineer who studied at Cornell under Carl Sagan, Nye has much more under his belt than his beloved educational show; he engineered a hydraulic device for Boeing that is still used on the 747 and a special sundial used during the Mars Exploration Rover mission.

    Now it seems he's busy touring small-town America, giving sold-out lectures for charity and ruffling a few feathers with criticisms of intelligent design in the process .

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    1.24.2008 at 12:34am - Comment by Creek1

    Bill Nye kicks a@#, dont hate on him just cause he's right...



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