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How Did This Owl-Ghost Appear on A Lady’s Window?

August 9, 2011

It’s not quite a ghost, nor is it sorcery or a trick of the eye, an owl really did leave …

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Creationism in the Classroom {Comic}

August 3, 2011

[Via Richard Dawkins Foundation, Doonesbury]

More Countries Accepting Homosexuality

July 29, 2011

The Earth Visualized Over the Last 750 Million Years

July 14, 2011

The Visible Paleo-Earth (VPE), the first collection of photorealistic visualizations of our planet from space in the last 750 million …

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What are the Chances?

July 9, 2011

Let me preface by saying that some of these statistics may be suspect; I do not have the time to …

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Underwater Beauty: Part 38

July 8, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 37

July 6, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 36

July 4, 2011

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What a Sonic Boom Looks Like

July 3, 2011

When an object passes through the air, it creates a series of pressure waves in front of it and behind …

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Underwater Beauty: Part 35

July 1, 2011

[Via Alexander Semenov ] [Click here to see the other Underwater Beauty installments]

Underwater Beauty: Part 34

June 30, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 33

June 28, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 32

June 26, 2011

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What Other Animals “Sound Like” in Other Languages

June 25, 2011

These are the sounds animals “make” in various languages. Can you produce them? Why are some of them similar and …

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Underwater Beauty: Part 31

June 24, 2011

[Via Alexander Semenov ] [Click here to see the other Underwater Beauty installments]

Underwater Beauty: Part 30

June 22, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 29

June 20, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 28

June 18, 2011

By the way, where do I sign up to do this? [Via Alexander Semenov ] [Click here to see the …

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Underwater Beauty: Part 27

June 16, 2011

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Underwater Beauty: Part 26

June 14, 2011

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