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Let a Vast Assembly Be 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In 1908, a young Lithuanian immigrant named Pauline Newman got a job at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, then one of New York City’s biggest garment factories. She worked as a “cleaner,” trimming thre...
Guest Post: Oh. I Thought You Were a Guy. 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The first week in August was a big one for feminist Mars news (if I could design a beat…). August 6 marked the one-year anniversary of the Curiosity rover’s landing, and to celebrate, Mattel revealed ...
The Last Word 24 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
August 19 – 23 This week, Ann told the complicated history of two gods of physics. An app that fights cancer? Why, yes: by boosting your positive thinking! Christie promptly took out her Science Mac...
Dolphins: Largely Unexceptional 23 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
When John Lilly first suggested dolphins were super-intelligent, the context was clearer. The neurophysiologist was injecting his dolphins with LSD, masturbating them to encourage cooperation and hang...
Florida’s Python Problem 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Last weekend I heard a story I won’t soon forget. Bob Freer, who runs an animal rescue shelter in the Everglades, appeared on a rerun of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, and he began to talk about Florida’s p...
Johnny and Oppie 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Physicists, like the ancient Greeks, like to gossip about the gods. A few days ago, three physicists* were talking on Twitter** about a review by a fourth physicist, Freeman Dyson, of a biography of ...
This week’s worst press release (so far) 20 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I get a lot of ridiculous press releases, but the headline that made its way to my inbox today, “New Cancer-Fighting Game App Goes Global,” represented a new level of nonsense. The press release descr...
Hot Times in the Cotswolds 19 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
One morning last month a friend and I took a train from London to the city of Gloucester, in southwestern England. The next morning after breakfast we started walking on the Cotswold Way, one of the U...
The Last Word 17 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
August 12- 16 Snark week! In which we tell you what happens when cute animals get ugly. Christie introduced us to the creature that goes Cock-a-doodle DIE. Roberta told chilling tales of the gribbl...
Snark Week: The Souless Flesh-Eating Kea 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In the Southern summer of 2004, my then-girlfriend and I were camped in a shelter near a rock climbing area in New Zealand called Flock Hill. It was a gorgeous landscape, sweeping grassy hills made fa...
