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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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'Safest In the World'? Actual Data

Sharon Begley | Oct 1, 2007 01:30 PM

As I said in the last post, comparative data on food safety in different countries is tough to find, so the mantra-like claim of U.S. officials that the U.S. has the "safest food supply" in the world generally goes unchallenged. My thanks to CSPI's Caroline... More

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"Safest in the World." Really?

Sharon Begley | Oct 1, 2007 11:03 AM

Two days after the Topps Meat Company expanded its recall of frozen ground beef and hamburger patties, making it (at 21.7 million pounds) the second-largest recall of ground beef in the history of the United States, I’m sure all carnivores were comforted... More

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