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Oct 30, 2014
What NASA Should Do Instead Of An Asteroid Retrieval Mission
One professor says an asteroid survey would be a better use of NASA’s time and money.
Apr 17, 2014
Survey Reveals What Today’s America Thinks The Future Looks Like
We still want flying cars, but we'll settle for driverless ones.
Oct 11, 2013
40 Years Of U.S. Nutrition Data Is “Fatally Flawed” and “Physiologically Implausible”
Turns out people lie about how much garbage they eat. Even to the government.
Oct 10, 2013
Which Countries Judge You The Harshest For Playing Hooky?
Note to self: Move to Trinidad.
Aug 27, 2013
Pew Internet Survey: It’s Good To Be White, Male, Young, Rich, And Educated
If you want broadband internet access, that is.
Apr 11, 2013
9 Percent of Americans Say They’d Bonk A Sexbot
Can a married person ethically use a sex robot? Is that cheating? And more questions answered by today's best poll (about people having sex with robots).
Feb 4, 2013
Drunk Eyewitnesses Are Just As Reliable As Sober Eyewitnesses
Would you trust the testimony of a witness who admitted to being drunk while observing a crime? You should.
Jan 29, 2013
Wikipedia Is Getting Worse As It Gets Better
A newly published study at the University of Minnesota suggests that Wikipedia is getting worse…as it gets better. Wikipedia’s initial … Continued
