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Jun 4, 2011 — Maggie Koerth-Baker & Kyle Munkittrick
Was it ethical to turn puny Steve Rogers into Captain America?
Voluntary amputation, bionic augmentation
The dark side of creating super soldiers
Rogue paleontologists and magical physicists
The scientific realism of Thor, God of Thunder
X-Men vs. Social Darwinism
May 28, 2011 — Jesse Bering & Jessa Gamble
What's unique about human time cycles?
Cultural differences in sleep patterns
The morality of siestas
Night owls vs. early birds
Winter depression and summer mania
Bedtime partners, sexsomnia, and energy drugs
May 21, 2011 — John Horgan & George Johnson
A brief history of (erroneous) rapture predictions
Mayan, Marxist, and environmentalist doomsday scenarios
Let's get meta: Is the purpose of reason discovery or persuasion?
John: Gary Taubes's diet is gross
How eating refined sugar might cause cancer
Can science be reconciled with an omnipotent God?
Apr 30, 2011 — John Horgan & Gary Taubes
The bad science of nutrition and public health
Does animus motivate Gary's journalism?
Gary: Atkins found the cure for obesity
Is sugar to blame?
Comparing carbohydrates to cigarettes
How to lose weight
Apr 23, 2011 — Andrew Revkin & Abrahm Lustgarten
The confused debate over hydraulic fracturing
The geopolitics of natural gas power
Will fracking poison your tap water?
Evaluating the claim that natural gas is dirtier than coal
Should we trust industry to implement best fracking practices?
Owning the environmental risks of gas, oil, and nuclear power
Apr 16, 2011 — Robert Wright & Carlo Strenger
Carlo's new book, "Fear of Insignificance"
Celebrity and self-esteem from Odysseus to Zuckerberg
Who is a Homo Globalis? What can they do about it?
What really motivates al Qaeda and other religious extremists?
How existential insights can give meaning to your life
World citizenship vs. tribalism
Apr 9, 2011 — John Horgan & George Johnson
Is there such a thing as "spiritual progress"?
What George learned at a cancer research mega-conference
The dangers of grand unified models
New doubts about cosmic inflation theory
Is everything just information?
Radiation, radon, and cancer rates
Apr 2, 2011 — Robin Hanson & Brian Christian
Brian's new book, "The Most Human Human"
A.I. and what it means to be human
A short history of work and leisure
What's wrong with being robotic anyway?
Existentialism and video games
The future of the human mind
Mar 26, 2011 — Michio Kaku & Jennifer Ouellette
Michio's new book, "Physics of the Future"
Facebook on a contact lens and why we won't be living on Mars
Humanity's augmented future: the Borg, but sexy
Forget emotion, can robots acquire common sense?
The profound moral of Michio's favorite sci-fi film
So, when do we get light sabers and teleportation?
Mar 20, 2011 — Jesse Bering & Maggie Koerth-Baker
Nuclear crisis in Japan: Three Mile Island or Chernobyl?
The health effects of the radiation
Questions about tsunamis and earthquakes
Seeing natural disasters as "divine punishment"
When humans are most desperate for meaning
The evolution of God
Mar 12, 2011 — Andrew Revkin & David Roberts
The three things Japan has going for it
Fighting our tendency to discount long-term risks
Preparing for quakes and floods, adapting to climate change
Can logic-driven scientists convey an emotional appeal?
Republican science, Democratic science, and a cabbie's wisdom
What will it take to change US energy policy?
Mar 5, 2011 — Karl Smith & Robin Hanson
Is Watson an important milestone?
Why is it so hard to copy the human brain?
How to grow your own artificial intelligence
A.I. will permanently drive down real wages
Should we welcome our new robot overlords?
The owners of the new world
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