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Biofuel blather

Having dissed George Will, a conservative darling of the ostensibly liberal media, I want to balance the scales by dissing...
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Let the Restoration Begin

After years of attacks on science, the election of a science-friendly president makes now the time to push for the politically unbiased use of science in education and policy making, write Joseph Karlesky, Richard Pepino and James Strick.
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Wondering Aloud

How is it possible that the comforter is warm, the blanket is warm, and the sheets are freezing? The sheets...
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Long Distance Mom: Twilight, Seventeen and Possibly in Michigan

I have vague memories of reading Seventeen magazine upstairs in my attic bedroom, alone and sequestered from my parents. Even...
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It's Official

I’m the best teacher who ever lived. Anyway I think that’s what the Provost said in the letter she sent...
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ABCs and PhDs: Meeting expectations?

Recently I received a phone call out of the blue from a long-time family friend, a graduate student my parents...
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Getting Started in a Lab

New graduate students need to ask the right questions to pick the best place to work and launch their careers, writes Tom Daniel.
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The Moviegoer

Whatever happened to cinephilia? Scott McLemee loses it at the movies....