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PLUG OF THE WEEK: Science Bits, News, Videos

This is a recurrent thread for science news, tidbits, quick facts, videos, photos, etc, that do not merit their own separate discussion. If you are interested in science news, tidbits, quick facts, please choose "Follow" so you will know every time something new is…

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Nothing better than good ART to explain SCIENCE to the general public! Here is a link to an EXCELLENT long comic strip explaining evolution. It is very, very good, you should show it to all

your fundamentalist friends if you have any; but also to…

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ASTRONOMY:  New Telescope in Chile Unveils Stunning First Images. New state-of-the-art telescope has snapped its…

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: The Critical Thinking group

It is not science, but science could not exist without critical thinking. Check out the great resources and discussions in this group, for example on logical fallacies, self-delusion, Occam's razor, etc. Please join the group and contribute if this is the sort…

For those of you who have not read my weekly science blog before,. it is divided in two parts: science that we have been discussing in posts here at Atheist Universe, and also science news, discoveries, tidbits that were not posted or discussed in our site, but that I find interesting.

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PLUG OF THE WEEK: If you like nature videos please check out:…

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Highlight of the week: Top Ten new species of 2011…

Hi guys! I'm running the NYC marathon this year!! It'll be my first marathon and I'm really psyched up but also really scared.  To make sure I don't chicken out, I'm running with Fred's Team, a fundraising team for cancer research and treatment. I have to raise thousands of dollars to meet my goal. Any amount that…

I suppose you should hurry to get your science fix, before the end of the world tomorrow :-)

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ASTROPHYSICS:…

Announcements:

1. Highlight of the week: Interactive feature: the human body in 3D. Explore the different systems, probe the different organs, and rotate the images. Click away! It’s fun and informative. It is in our AU library here.

2. We need more…

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Osama bin Laden was killed this week. Some people rejoiced, some people doubted, pundits pondered about the…

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Neuroscience. Sleepy Neurons Blur the Line between Sleep and…

Hello AU members, welcome to a new edition of my weekly science blog. Comments, suggestions, criticisms are welcome!

As usual, the blog has two parts: the best of science news as we discussed them in Atheist Universe, and a section on interesting science news from other…

Hi everyone! Please free to add comments. I'd love some feedback. Do you like this weekly feature? Is it entertaining? Informative? Boring? Indifferent? Suggestions? This week, with the help of michel, I've incorporated some pictures to make it more visually appealing.

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This week’s special feature: Dallas Gaytheist has started a thread for members to post great photography from nature (animals, landscapes, gorgeous plants, etc. ). You MUST visit this discussion; there are dozen of beautiful, interesting, fascinating, amazing photographs in there already. And please contribute! It’s a joy for the senses and the intellect…

Anthony Weiner smacks down the Republicans for not even know how a bill becomes law by teaching them from a children's book! Go…

Hello science fans! As usual, the blog is divided in two parts: the science that we have been discussing at Atheist Universe, and science news from varuious sources that we did not discuss here, but I think you'll find interesting. Comments and suggestions are welcome (praise too).

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Mathematics:…

The list was compiled by Greta Christina, it can found on her blog page here, she relinquished copyright and encouraged people to post it in their own blogs, so here it is. Go to her blog to read her introduction to this list.For the record, I disagree with…

Hello AU members. This is the third edition of my weekly science blog for all of you science fans or sci-curious. In case you missed it before, the first part of the blog will contain links to the most relevant science discussions we had at Atheist Universe during the week. The second part contains links to other interesting tidbits that have not been discussed on our site, but that I think you will find interesting. This week we have been very active at AU discussing various scientific…

On Saturday my sister's dog Vasco died. He was old (but not too old) and had had health issues for over 2 years now, which for a dog is a long time. He had lost the use of his hind legs for the last year, due to hip dysplasia. Those of you who have no pets or who do not see pets as a friend or family member, you may as well stop reading because this post will seem like lunacy. Vasco was a very special dogs. I know, you're thinking all dogs are special, but this guy was something else. I…

This is the second edition of my weekly science blog for all of you science fans out there. In case you missed it last week, the first part of the blog will contain links to the most interesting science discussions we had at Atheist Universe during the week, in the forum, blogs, or in the various science groups that (Science!, The Daily Cosmos, The Naked Ape, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Green Atheists, etc.) The second part contains links to other interesting tidbits that have not been…