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Is Kirstie Alley’s New Weight Loss Program A Scientology Scam?
7:19AM Ravi Somaiya | Anti-Scientology campaign group Anonymous, and some blogs, are airing accusations that Scientologist Kirstie Alley’s new weight loss program, Organic Liaison, is based on quackery preached by L. Ron Hubbard and that the company has links to the ‘church’. More »
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Keep Calm And Carry On (Or Die)
3:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Want to live a long, healthy life? Listen to science! Get off your arse, stop being sexually abused, and never get angry, or have a headache, or – worst of all – have an angry abusive headache. We’re watching science, calmly! More »
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Science Proves Marriage Is Dead
4:49AM Hamilton Nolan | Unmarried couples are increasingly living together, even though it doesn’t improve your chance of a successful marriage. Births are up – but infertility gives guys cancer. What does this all mean? We’re all going to die alone. More »
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How Are We Fooling Ourselves Today?
3:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Are we sex addicts, or just terrible people? Are our obese children going to live into adulthood, or are we just terrible people? Are those eyelashes real, or are you a terrible person? Science has answers. Bad answers. More »
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Science Now Officially The Hottest Thing Ever
5:39AM Hamilton Nolan | Fighting ladies! Failed erections! Sexy studies! Stroke prevention! And the hottest thing ever! It’s your daily science watch, in which we watch the science – scientifically! More »
People
Alec Baldwin’s Quickie Emergency
1:16AM Hamilton Nolan | Alec Baldwin was “rushed to the hospital” early this morning after his daughter called 911. He “may have swallowed some sleeping pills,” according to the NYP. Update: Baldwin’s publicist Matthew Hiltzik says he’s fine and working. BUT: More »
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Which Makes You A Better Athlete, Magic Or Anorexia?
9:32AM Hamilton Nolan | Is magic the answer to our obesity problem? And if so, should we use that powerful magic to lose weight until we just shrivel up into a dessicated husk? And can we still play football? These and other questions, answered! More »
People
Steve Jobs’s Entourage Forbids Pictures Of His ‘Old Man Shuffle’
1:00AM Ryan Tate | By all accounts, Steve Jobs personally drove the rapid creation and wildly successful hyping of the just-unveiled iPad. So you’d think his handlers would be confident in his healthy image, no matter how slowly he walks in public. More »
Online
Science Offers Little Hope For Facebook, Anything Else
8:47AM Hamilton Nolan | Science: Your brain’s too small to grasp more than 150 Facebook friends, unless you’re very old in which case you’ll remember every useless thing, but you’ll never be old if you’re a NYC minority, because you’ll die after surgery. Science!
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