Sunday, June 9, 2013

Extreme poverty may disappear in our lifetimes, if we just keep up the good work

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It never ceases to amaze me how much success the world has seen in reducing poverty, and even more, how few people know about it. This is pr...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Even your teeth are getting better

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I got a friendly dental reminder from ZocDoc today, and naturally that made me wonder how much better we’re doing with our teeth as a societ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Why NOT to eat local, organic food

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Every day we are forced to make decisions about food. What should we believe? Should we care about eating local, or eating organic, or even ...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Thanks, presidents, for promoting democracies

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Happy President's Day! Let's celebrate with some info about democracies. The benefits of democracy as a form of government necessa...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Amazing science advances in 2012 that you may not have heard about

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Science made a lot of breakthroughs this year, and you probably didn't hear about them all. Check out this article on Buzzfeed for 27 o...
Monday, December 31, 2012

More intriguing facts about guns

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I did an update in April with some positive gun stats , but in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, and seeing tons of articles now ...
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Update: World still here

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Just a quick update with breaking news: the world did not end yesterday. On April 11, 2010, I posted on this blog that the the Large Hadron ...