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Nature makes me cry sometimes

August 11, 2012

Sometimes, when you’re out a sea, clubbing tuna fish to death, you capture something amazing on camera. And if you …

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Skepticism and The Second Enlightenment

July 26, 2012

The information age has brought along with it the perils of having a fallible mind. Pseudosciences, scams, hoaxes, frauds, and …

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Cell Phones and Health Hazards

June 12, 2012

Good news everyone! I have started writing for Nature! More specifically, I have just published a guest post on one …

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New screening of Chinese medicine finds toxic plants, endangered animals

April 16, 2012

Medicine based on assumptions According to a new study published in PLoS Genetics, Chinese herbal “medicines” contain some frightening ingredients. …

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