This well-written history of the first manned space missions reminds us what daring and giant steps they were.
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Global Warming Warning: It’s Worse Than You Thought
In the last fifty years we have done more harm to the planet then was meted out to her by our ancestors.
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Industry has always played fast and loose with the truth when it comes to issues of pollution and safety.
Read More »Horology For the Masses
As the United States begins its earlier-than-usual shift into springtime, let's take a look at the study of time.
Read More »Interview: David Plotz, deputy editor of Slate, on The Best of Slate
Slate celebrates its ten-year anniversary with a compilation of some of its best articles.
Read More »Americans, Know thy World: The Size of a Country (Part Two: M-Z)
Getting perspective: Comparing a country's total area to the total area of a US state gives us a better mental picture of a country’s size.
Read More »The Atheist Manifestos IV: God – The Failed Hypothesis by Victor Stenger
A physicist applies the scientific method to the question of the existence of God.
Read More »Americans, Know Thy World: The Size of a Country (Part One: A-L)
Getting perspective: Comparing a country's total area to the total area of a US state gives us a better mental picture of a country’s size.
Read More »Searching Through Searches
Search engines are only as good as what they are capable of doing.
Read More »Book Review: Genius Instruction Manual by the Writers of mental_floss
The splendiferous mental_floss magazine does books, too.
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