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SA Gives Up?

By alex | Published: 3/22/2005
Scientific American recognizes the elitism of science, and concedes to necessity of fair and balanced journalism: Get ready for a new Scientific American. No more discussions of how science should inform policy. If the government commits blindly to building an anti-ICBM defense system that can’t work as promised, that will waste tens of billions of […]
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Development and science

By alex | Published: 3/19/2005
I was shocked to hear that in Iran movie theaters — even those in science museums — refuse to show scientific documentaries that clash with fundamentalist religious doctrine. While there is much to be appreciated in religious culture and custom, it is unfortunate when one of God’s greatest gifts, the ability to reason, is thrown […]
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I see dead people

By alex | Published: 3/8/2005
The ad agency The Brooklyn Brothers put together a PSA for the UN anti-landmine campaign. The spot (quicktime) begins with shots of a girls soccer game, aimed squarely at the heart of middle-class Americans. After a goal, one of the girls gets blown up by an unexploded landmine. No one will air it, and although […]
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Blog addiction

By alex | Published: 2/13/2005
Ah, porn and blogs: two things worth blocking. At least that’s what the city of Cincinnati thinks, having set up blocks to stop employees from surfing porn and blogs: A few police detectives have unlimited Internet access to investigate crimes and set up stings in chat rooms. Last week, the program started blocking personal Web […]
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