April 2011
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The Scientific Case for Masturbation →
Why masturbation helps procreation
Apr 30th
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Police dress up as doctors to test citizens →
If only these lessons in scepticism could extend into religion
Apr 30th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 23rd
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Talk about self-actualisation.
Apr 21st
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Ban Baby-Making Unless Parents Are Licensed →
For the sake of the children, let’s control human breeding. No one should be permitted to reproduce until they pass a battery of tests.
Apr 21st
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What if Making Babies Isn't the Real Reason for... →
What if everything we’ve ever learned about our basic motivation to have sex — the procreation of the species — is unequivocally wrong?
Apr 18th
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FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE INTERNET (in 18min) - prepare to take in a magnificent view: all the major steps of increasing complexity from the beginning of the Universe to the networked world of today. Can you see where you fit in all this?
Apr 17th
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Apr 10th
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Physician's Empathy Directly Associated With... →
It has been thought that the quality of the physician-patient relationship is integral to positive outcomes but until now, data to confirm such beliefs has been hard to find. Through a landmark study, a research team from Jefferson Medical College (JMC) of Thomas Jefferson University has been able to quantify a relationship between physicians’ empathy and their patients’ positive...
Apr 9th
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Happiness Improves Health and Lengthens Life,... →
A review of more than 160 studies of human and animal subjects has found “clear and compelling evidence” that — all else being equal — happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy peers.
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Sexual freedoms of long ago tamed by modern times →
It was advent of the private bedroom, modern suburb and social housing, says Dr. Lief Jerram, which tamed a ‘free-for-all’, widespread in many Western cities before the First World War.
Apr 4th
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Apr 4th
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The New Tithe 2011 Project Reason Video Contest Winner
Apr 4th
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd