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  • Behind Closed Doors: What the Piltdown Man Hoax from 1912 can Teach Science Today

    Behind Closed Doors: What the Piltdown Man Hoax from 1912 can Teach Science Today0

    In 1912, Charles Dawson, an amateur archaeologist in England, claimed he’d made one of the most important fossil discoveries ever. Ultimately, however, his “Piltdown Man” proved to be a hoax. By cleverly pairing a human skull with an orangutan’s jaw – stained to match and give the appearance of age – a mysterious forger duped

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  • Yale Dean’s Nasty Yelp Reviews Expose Underbelly of Ivy League Elitism

    Yale Dean’s Nasty Yelp Reviews Expose Underbelly of Ivy League Elitism0

    Via the Washington Post: “As the dean of Yale University’s Pierson College, June Chu is responsible for advising about 500 students and fostering ‘a familiar, comfortable living environment’ in keeping with the university’s residential college system. Chu’s biography states she has a PhD in social psychology and touts a long career in which she has

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  • Why More Parents Need to Say ‘No’ to Their Children

    Why More Parents Need to Say ‘No’ to Their Children0

    When I was around 5 years old, a neighbor friend of mine had a huge, Victorian dollhouse. She never seemed all that interested in it, but I thought it was beautiful. So much so, that in the years following, I would often look longingly at similar dollhouse kits at the local craft store. Alas, the

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  • Bill Nye’s Doomsday Predictions on Overpopulation Get Lambasted

    Bill Nye’s Doomsday Predictions on Overpopulation Get Lambasted0

    Bill Nye has been in the news a lot lately, mostly as the result of the hyperbolic predictions he is prone to making, many of which are backed up with very little science. Whether it’s on gender identity, global warming, or philosophy, Nye can often be found serving up “a gold mine of fallacies, half-truths,

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  • Are American Schools Creating a ‘Stupefied’ Generation?

    Are American Schools Creating a ‘Stupefied’ Generation?2

    In recent months, it has been reported that studying and performing Shakespeare has dramatic effects on the academic performance of young students. In fact, one school in Australia found their exam scores increased more than 40 percentage points after Shakespeare lessons were incorporated into the curriculum. Because of these dramatic effects, I took notice of

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  • Why Did Comey Say Nothing if Trump Asked Him to ‘End His Investigation’?

    Why Did Comey Say Nothing if Trump Asked Him to ‘End His Investigation’?0

    Headlines everywhere are declaring that President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to “end his investigation of Michael Flynn.” The headlines appear to derive from memos Comey took after meetings with Trump—meetings Comey felt were “improper”—as well as anonymous sources who claim to have seen the memos. The evidence of Trump’s possible obstruction, which

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