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If Scientists Are To Use Tokamak Rockets To Send Man To Mars, They Must Agree To Use My Face As The Launch Pad
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March 8, 2021
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Boston Dynamics: Robot Cop Dog Should Not Be Used To Intimidate
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Patrick Redford
February 24, 2021
Science
Truck Ugly
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Albert Burneko
February 22, 2021
Interviews
An Epidemiologist Explains The Challenges Of Vaccinating A Neurotic Nation
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Chris Thompson
February 9, 2021
NBA
Go To A Miami Heat Game If You Want A Dog To Tell You Whether You’ve Contracted A Deadly Virus
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Tom Ley
January 25, 2021
NBA
The NBA’s Vaccine Decision-Making Doesn’t Need To Be So Complicated
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
January 22, 2021
Science
No Points For Guessing That Elon Musk’s Miami Traffic Solution Is Dumber Than Shit
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Albert Burneko
January 19, 2021
Animals
Joe The Pigeon Will Live
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Patrick Redford
January 15, 2021
Science
Coming Soon To A Treetop Near You: A Snake
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Patrick Redford
January 11, 2021
Science
Mankind One Step Closer To Dominion Over Star Juice
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Chris Thompson
December 27, 2020
Science
Teeth Are Horrifying
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Chris Thompson
December 13, 2020
Interviews
A Geologist Rocks My World On Why Earth’s Tallest Mountain Isn’t So Obvious
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Patrick Redford
December 9, 2020
Science
New Videos Show The Dramatic Collapse Of The Arecibo Telescope
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Patrick Redford
December 3, 2020
Science
President-Elect Joe Biden Must Direct The National Ignition Facility To Fire 192 Lasers At My Solar Plexus
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Chris Thompson
November 24, 2020
Science
Arecibo Goes Dark
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Patrick Redford
November 20, 2020
Science
Who Should Get Credit For A Coronavirus Vaccine?
152
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
November 18, 2020
Science
They Made An Interactive Virtual Tokamak And Buddy, It Rules
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Chris Thompson
November 13, 2020
Interviews
An Astrophysicist Explains The Challenges Of De-Juicing The Baseball
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Chris Thompson
November 13, 2020
Science
Virgin Hyperloop Has Invented The World’s Crappiest High-Speed Rail
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Albert Burneko
November 11, 2020
MLB
Baseball Should Kill The Baseball
151
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Chris Thompson
October 29, 2020
Science
Check Out This New Dinosaur: An Absolute Dumbass Piece Of Shit
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Tom Ley
October 22, 2020
Science
An Earth Robot Is Taking Soil Samples On An Asteroid Tonight And By God You Will Know About It
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Chris Thompson
October 20, 2020
Science
The Nobel Prize Is Just One Front In The Extremely Fascinating CRISPR Wars
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 9, 2020
Science
Two Fusion Researchers Explain The Tokamak Reactor That I Want To Be Hurled Into
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Chris Thompson
October 5, 2020
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