It's Okay To Be Smart: Archive

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Earthquake triggering, and why we don't know where... →

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Plants that act like people →

Aside from an active social life, plants display a whole range of other human-like behaviours. New Scientist looks at plants that can choose their mate, others that cry out for help and some that can even fake an illness.

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A reader asks: How fast was MESSENGER going on its...

This question was left in the comments of the first pic of Mercury from orbit taken by MESSENGER and I decided to bump it up to a full post. How fast was the Messsenger traveling to reach Mercury in 6 1/2 years? According to NASA, MESSENGER had to travel a distance of 4.9 billion miles to reach Mercury. Although Mercury is only (ha!) 100 million miles from Earth, in order to gain enough...

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sthomp replied to your post: Hi! My response to your post about evolution offended someone and I was wondering what your thoughts on my response are since you are an actual scientist and I am just one in training :) So what do you say to the person like me who thinks, Why couldn’t God have created all this, including evolution. I mean OK kind of odd example but when cooking a risotto you don’t...

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My writing was just quoted by Andrew Sullivan on... →

This is sort of surreal, considering how popular his blog on The Atlantic is. Even if the piece was about beards and biology.

Mar 29th

Scientists Recreate Autism With One Gene →

Very cool, but SHANK3 mutations only account for about 1% of autism so we have 99% of the game to go :)

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China leads challenge to scientific superpowers →

It’s no surprise that China, Brazil and India have been increasing their scientific output and spending a lot more on R&D lately, but I was surprised to hear how fast Iran is growing. Something tells me that in Tehran, peer review leaves something to be desired, though.

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Braaaaaaaains describing braaaaaaaaains A Doctor Explains Zombies

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flauntingfleetingfeeling asked: If you live in Austin,Texas, I will find you and force you to take shots with me.

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buggirl asked: Hi! My response to your post about evolution offended someone and I was wondering what your thoughts on my response are since you are an actual scientist and I am just one in training :)

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chasingthemcitylights asked: Are you American?

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The Most Bizarre Brain Disorders featuring V.S. Ramachandran on BigThink. People who don’t recognize their mothers, people who think they are dead and more …

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