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- science
- A Dog’s World 2013: Dognition, a new scientific startup helmed by a Duke University researcher, aims to collect data for dog cognition...
- Immortal Technique 2013: A Russian university lecturer and his "scientific assistant" have been detained by authorities for possessing 14 kilograms of radioactive...
- LQ Podcast 37: Emily Anthes Developments in biotechnology are letting us drive cockroaches, control rodent minds, and chart the sea’s impenetrables depths, all chronicled in Emily Anthes’ new book, Frankenstein’s Cat.
- LQ Podcast 36: John Glassie John Glassie uncovers the strange life and works of 17th-century scientist and nutball Athanasius Kircher in his new book, A Man of Misconceptions.
- Bursting Into Flames 2013: Oklahoma authorities investigating a man’s death have come up with an unusual theory: the victim may have spontaneously combust....
- Alfred Russel Wallace Adopts an Orangutan 1855 / Borneo
- One Small Step for Monkeys 2012: Iran announced this week that they have successfully sent a monkey into space, following in the footsteps of the...
- How to Be a Stuffed Animal by Frances Stonor Saunders
- Our Orgastic Future by Jack Hitt
- Cats, Rats, and Crabs Findings from the Editor
- Heat Wave 2012: Only relatively recently in the swirling scope of history have humans begun to wonder (and worry) about the possibility...
- Albert Hofman Explores an Alternate Universe 1943 / Basel
- Freedom Isn’t Free 1790 / London
- Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little 2012: A new study suggests gossip, the bane of any social existence, might serve an important function. Researchers at the...
- Brain Pickers 2012: A freezer malfunction at a research hospital associated with Harvard University has compromised some 54 brains being held there...
- Water, Water Everywhere 2012: The state of Texas has begun to invest heavily in form of alchemy that has nagged at mankind since...
- Patient, Heal Thyself 1891 / Boston
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 1829 / Baltimore
- Raising the Dead c. 1510 / Dôle
- Win-Win Situation 69 / Alexandria
