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The Brains of Early Birds and Night Owls

2:12 PM, April 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Early birds wake up at the crack of dawn and struggle to stay alert and productive (especially in the cognitive realm) in the evening. Night owls perform well in the evening but are worthless if you yank them out of bed too early in the morning. There...

The Blob That Didn't Eat the Universe

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Even Avatars Are Racist?

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The Upside of Recession

Sharon Begley | Feb 17, 2009 12:13 PM

Not to whistle past the graveyard or anything, but in informal chats recently several scientists have mentioned to me that they’re crossing their fingers that the recession might have a silver lining. After a couple of decades in which many of America’s... More

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Twenty five years feels right in my bones and right in my spirit. Oprah on ending her showCST
It’s going to be a holy war Orrin Hatch on debate over the Senate health billNYT
The nation and the world will see him for the coward he is Holder, on trying KSMAP
I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will have to say. Holder on terror trialsREUT
The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist. Sarah Palin on the magazine coverCSM