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There’s an interesting article over at Newsweek.com by Sharon Begley regarding a genetic glitch discovered in childrens DNA that makes it difficult to impossible for certain children to learn from their mistakes. Mistakes like illicit drug use, obesity, addictions etc. that continues to fuck with their lives reinforced by their “inability to learn the [...]

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It looks as if the worsening economy and budget cuts are leaving the SETI project under the knife. The proposed cuts are under the authority of President Bush’s suggestion, which would cut funding for Arecibo radio observatory and completely eliminate the SETI project.
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According to this article by CNN, a man named Nima Arkani-Hamad could be the next Einstein of our time.
When the worlds largest particle accelerator (Large Haldron Collider) is finished in Switzerland, Arkani-Hamad and hundreds of other scientists will be testing theories on large extra dimensions, and string theory by colliding protons together. Arkani-Hamad is suggesting [...]