Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Monday, June 19, 2017

Donald Trump hates sick people. Six people resign from Presidential Advisory Council saying Trump simply does not care.

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Courtesy of The Hill : Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS have angrily resigned, saying that President Trump d...
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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Creationist Ken Ham laments the millions "wasted" researching the origins of life. Yeah, it's all in the book right?

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Think of the millions & millions of dollars wasted by scientists attempting to research false belief of molecules to man evolution-sad...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Most comprehensive study in over 20 years finds that the number of guns has gone up yet the percentage of gun owners has gone down.

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Courtesy of the Guardian :   Americans own an estimated 265m guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to the most def...
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Thursday, September 08, 2016

Once again California leads the way. This time on researching gun violence.

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Courtesy of The Week : Despite the fact that the United States has a very, very high rate of gun deaths compared to other developed coun...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2015

New book claims that homework is a total waste of time. Aha! I knew it!

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Courtesy of The Local :   “I found out that teachers have been giving homework since at least 1480,” Himmelrath, an educational journali...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

New research sticks a pin in the conceal carry fantasy embraced by so many Ammosexuals.

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Courtesy of the New York Times : The more that sensational gun violence afflicts the nation, the more that the myth of the vigilant citi...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Andy Parker, father of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker, appeals to President Obama to fight for gun control legislation.

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Courtesy of the BBC :   The father of Alison Parker, one of two journalists killed live on air, has appealed to US President Barack Oba...
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Sunday, August 16, 2015

New report finds that states with higher gun ownership also have more police killed on duty. Gee, ya think?

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Courtesy of The Guardian :   Researchers found that states such as Montana, Arkansas, Alabama and Idaho, which have the highest rates of...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

41% of Americans are definitely, or probably, sure that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.

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Courtesy of YouGov :   YouGov's latest research shows that 41% of Americans think that dinosaurs and humans either 'definitely...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2015

New study says that Atheists terrify believers because "they threaten the comforting narratives that make the thought of death bearable."

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Courtesy of Pacific Standard :   Even as an increasing number of Americans declare their disbelief in God, the nation as a whole cont...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

New study of 95,000 children finds, once again, no link between measles vaccinations and autism.

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Former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy making another salient point about autism and measles vaccinations. Courtesy of Vocativ :   In a ...
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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Happy 7th Birthday Trig Paxson Van Palin!

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Most recent picture I could find courtesy of Bristol's Enjoygram account . Seriously is there ANY seven year old on the planet whose...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Just being exposed to Buddhism makes you a better person.

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The return of Bathroom Buddha Courtesy of PsyPost :   Researchers from Belgium and Taiwan have found that being exposed to Buddhist c...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Ever wonder why two years after the Sandy Hook shootings, and after President Obama ordered them to study gun violence, the CDC still refuses to do so? Here's a hint. The Republicans don't want them to.

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Courtesy of The Washington Post : The CDC had not touched firearm research since 1996 — when the NRA accused the agency of promoting gun...
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Thursday, October 02, 2014

Researcher carefully combs through 126 texts from around the time of Jesus, finds no mention of him. Well that's awkward.

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Courtesy of the Inquisitr :   Jesus never existed. That is the conclusion of a researcher who says he has combed 126 texts written duri...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Despite what the Republicans say, bigger government actually increases happiness and life satisfaction. Is that Ronald Reagan I hear spinning in his grave?

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Courtesy of Tamu Times :   Pundits who throw around the words “big government” usually point out the negatives of having too much gover...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Seth Rogen's opening statement concerning Alzheimer's research in front of the Senate. Becomes first person in history to utter phrase "knocked up" in front of a congressional hearing.

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I am kind of a big fan of Seth Rogen's and have laughed long and hard at many of his movies. However I was struck by how seriously h...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

With a new Right Wing outrage in the wind can opportunist Sarah Palin be far behind?

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As all of you may remember from yesterday the outrage du jour is that the FCC was proposing the idea of having researchers conduct a stu...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Research in Canada shows that schools with a Gay-Straight Alliance dramatically cut down on the suicide rate.

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Courtesy of The Star :   In schools with GSAs (Gay-Straight Alliances) for at least three years, instances of homophobic discrimination...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Canadian scientists protest government censorship.

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Courtesy of the Guardian :   The Canadian government in recent years has banned government scientists from talking about a growing list ...
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