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Mix-tape: Songs that secretly say "I love you"
Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:40 PM EDT
Ok, even those of us who've never made a mix-tape (because of the advent of CDs/iPods whatever) get the concept: make a mix-tape for your favorite girl/boy that has all the songs that secretly say "I love you." So, I wanted to know what songs you all have put on mix-tapes before …
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What's in your bookmarks toolbar?
Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:23 AM EDT
I've got quite a few sites in my bookmarks toolbar (Firefox) and I was just wondering what everyone else had in theirs. Come on, I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Seed Newsvine - Of course sigep.utm.edu - My fraternity's chapter Web site ... good ole' TN Kappa
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What Science Is Not ...
Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:04 PM EDT
If you haven't read it yet, read my other similar article, What Science Is ... Just as there is much confusion among some viners as to what science is, there is also much confusion as to what science is not. Here are a few things that science is not:
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What Science Is ...
Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:04 PM EDT
I've seen a couple of articles and comment threads that worry me. Most recently, while commenting on this article: $27 Million Anti-Evolution Museum to Open Soon, I encountered a lot of misunderstanding of just what science is. Webster's defines science as:
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Skynet Lives: Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for Humanity
Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:19 PM EDT
You guys remember that great sci-fi trope where a global computer/robot system runs amok and determines that the best thing for the planet is the extermination of humanity? You know, like Skynet from the Terminator films, or the Machines of the Matrix? Well, I done just had a t …
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Who speaks for Earth?
Fri Mar 9, 2007 2:41 PM EST
"Who speaks for Earth?" Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer and science popularizer, said those words in his popular PBS mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. On this particular episode, he was discussing the possibility of extraterrestrial life and our place in the universe.
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Favorite Web sites ...
Thu Mar 8, 2007 12:03 AM EST
I write a weekly column for my student newspaper, The Pacer, called "Web site of the Week." I'd post them on here, but it's not really nice to seed your own work.
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Newsvine Poetry Slam
Tue Mar 6, 2007 2:04 PM EST
It's always been clear to me that Newsvine has some great writers. Well, the other day I began to wonder if Newsvine had any great poets and I figured of course! So here's the deal, everyone post something they've written. I'd love to see what kind of talent we've got.
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Stardust: The journey of our stellar ancestors
Fri Mar 2, 2007 4:48 PM EST
13.7 billion years ago the universe was an infinitely small point. And then there was energy. Many people associate this with light, but it was much too hot for light, or matter or anything but energy.
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My Interests: Summer Camp
Thu Mar 1, 2007 6:21 PM EST
So I thought I'd give this "my-interests: thing a try. Most every summer I work at a summer camp.
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The Journey of Man: The History of the Y-chromosome and The Illusion of Race
Thu Mar 1, 2007 4:01 PM EST
This is the journey of your (and my) family. Scientists like Spencer Wells have been using our DNA to create a family tree of the world and they've found some rather surprising results. First of all, we're all related. In a sense, we're all cousins.
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A Call to Arms: Why Skepticism Matters
Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:57 PM EST
Carl Sagan called science, "a candle in the dark." Despite the many scientific discoveries over the 20th century and the advent of the internet to help disseminate these ideas, many Americans (especially it seems) are still shrouded in the darkness of superstition.
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The Power of Belief
Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:40 AM EST
When was the last time you questioned your beliefs? Have you ever? I have seen a lot of talk on the vine about science, faith and belief, but I have yet to see an article or comment that really addresses all three.
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Conservative Fallacies: How to Stop Terrorism
Fri Dec 8, 2006 3:40 PM EST
I was replying to someone's comment earlier and was challenged on whether or not I could really say that there are no logical conservative arguments. First I realized that our disagreement probably stemmed from a misunderstanding.
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Media Literacy 101: Sensationalism
Mon Dec 4, 2006 2:21 PM EST
My last post described some of the forces driving changes in media today, namely consolidation of media companies. This post hopes to deal with what many feel is a not only a serious detriment to news quality but also an undermining of journalistic ethics: Sensationalism.
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Just noticed that you are back on the featured writers board. Go going man.
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Baker, your presence on the vine has not been felt by the others for a while. This is unfortunate because for a while there you were our little groups strongest "viner." So I'm going to need you to step it up.
Ok so that was mostly a joke. Have a good weekend pal.
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