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Garrison Hilliard

5/12/17

Heads Up, Guys: New Study Finds a Man's Memory Fades Faster Than a Woman's

Wives everywhere are doing the "I told you so" dance over a study that finds that a

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Heads Up, Guys: New Study Finds a Man's Memory Fades Faster Than a Woman's

Wives everywhere are doing the "I told you so" dance over a study that finds that a

5/12/17

Garrison Hilliard

5/9/17

Newly discovered dinosaur looks like a chicken

We may not know how it tasted, but it certainly looked like a chicken. A new species of feathered

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Newly discovered dinosaur looks like a chicken

We may not know how it tasted, but it certainly looked like a chicken. A new species of feathered

5/9/17

Garrison Hilliard

5/9/17

Early Human Homo Naledi May Have Made Tools, Buried Dead

Far in the back of a twisty, narrow cave in South Africa lie the remains of three pre-humans with

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Early Human Homo Naledi May Have Made Tools, Buried Dead

Far in the back of a twisty, narrow cave in South Africa lie the remains of three pre-humans with

5/9/17

Garrison Hilliard

5/4/17

'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146'

The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old - the longest living human ever - has died in his

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'Oldest human' dies in Indonesia 'aged 146'

The Indonesian man who claimed to be 146 years old - the longest living human ever - has died in his

5/4/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

5/2/17

Antarctica's creepy Blood Falls have finally been explained by science

Alison Durkee Published April 30, 2017 by Alison Durkee Since they were first discovered in 1911,

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Antarctica's creepy Blood Falls have finally been explained by science

Alison Durkee Published April 30, 2017 by Alison Durkee Since they were first discovered in 1911,

5/2/17

4/27/17

[mini-AIR] mini-AIR: toast and tea research, with cigarette butts

mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR") April 2017, issue number 2017-04. ISSN 1076

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[mini-AIR] mini-AIR: toast and tea research, with cigarette butts

mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR") April 2017, issue number 2017-04. ISSN 1076

4/27/17

4/21/17

Scientists, Stop Thinking Explaining Science Will Fix Things

Debating the science is following a red herring. Follow the money. > On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:49 AM,

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Scientists, Stop Thinking Explaining Science Will Fix Things

Debating the science is following a red herring. Follow the money. > On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:49 AM,

4/21/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

4/20/17

Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life

A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where

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Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life

A newly discovered planet around a distant star may jump to the top of the list of places where

4/20/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

4/12/17

A giant asteroid will soar past Earth — soon

Three years ago, astronomers discovered a huge asteroid that's twice as reflective as the moon,

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A giant asteroid will soar past Earth — soon

Three years ago, astronomers discovered a huge asteroid that's twice as reflective as the moon,

4/12/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

4/6/17

Saturn's Moon, Enceladus, Is Our Closest Great Hope For Life Beyond Earth

A mere 790 million miles from Earth, nestled in the diffuse outer rings of the planet Saturn orbits a

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Saturn's Moon, Enceladus, Is Our Closest Great Hope For Life Beyond Earth

A mere 790 million miles from Earth, nestled in the diffuse outer rings of the planet Saturn orbits a

4/6/17

4/2/17

Ghost of the Tasmanian Tiger: Scientists Investigate Sightings

Is Australia's extinct thylacine — a striped, dog-like marsupial commonly known as the Tasmanian

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Ghost of the Tasmanian Tiger: Scientists Investigate Sightings

Is Australia's extinct thylacine — a striped, dog-like marsupial commonly known as the Tasmanian

4/2/17

Garrison Hilliard, … Rick Moen4

3/24/17

Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin'

One thought: Piltdown saurid. Dale > Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin

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Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin'

One thought: Piltdown saurid. Dale > Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin

3/24/17

3/12/17

What Is a Tully Monster? Scientists Finally Think They Know

The oddball fossil that puzzled experts for almost 60 years is probably an ancient fish akin to

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What Is a Tully Monster? Scientists Finally Think They Know

The oddball fossil that puzzled experts for almost 60 years is probably an ancient fish akin to

3/12/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

3/10/17

Harvard Scientists Theorize That Fast Radio Bursts Come From Alien Space Travel

Could these mysterious flashes of radio waves come from a planet-sized device to power alien

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Harvard Scientists Theorize That Fast Radio Bursts Come From Alien Space Travel

Could these mysterious flashes of radio waves come from a planet-sized device to power alien

3/10/17

3/9/17

[mini-AIR] mini-AIR Ig Nobel EuroTour schedule, and cigarette-butt research

mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR")March 2017, issue number 2017-03. ISSN 1076-

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[mini-AIR] mini-AIR Ig Nobel EuroTour schedule, and cigarette-butt research

mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR")March 2017, issue number 2017-03. ISSN 1076-

3/9/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

2/28/17

Scientific breakthrough lost? Unique metallic hydrogen sample disappears

Last month physicists at Harvard University achieved what they described as “the holy grail of high-

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Scientific breakthrough lost? Unique metallic hydrogen sample disappears

Last month physicists at Harvard University achieved what they described as “the holy grail of high-

2/28/17

Garrison Hilliard

2/25/17

Lone Zebra Shark Surprises Aquarium With Rare "Virgin Birth"

(Video at site) A female zebra shark named Leonie in Australia has shocked scientists by producing

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Lone Zebra Shark Surprises Aquarium With Rare "Virgin Birth"

(Video at site) A female zebra shark named Leonie in Australia has shocked scientists by producing

2/25/17

Skeptix List, Wendy M. Grossman2

2/25/17

[mini-AIR] mini-AIR: Cough, comfort food, egg-in-your-eye

On 02/23/2017 03:56 PM, Marc Abrahams wrote: > A cess-pit's a record of history > Which you

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[mini-AIR] mini-AIR: Cough, comfort food, egg-in-your-eye

On 02/23/2017 03:56 PM, Marc Abrahams wrote: > A cess-pit's a record of history > Which you

2/25/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

2/23/17

Is there life out there in the universe? Probably

Let's take a moment to expand your reality. The late astronomer and astrobiologist Carl Sagan

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Is there life out there in the universe? Probably

Let's take a moment to expand your reality. The late astronomer and astrobiologist Carl Sagan

2/23/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

2/18/17

Winston Churchill Asked `Are We Alone in the Universe?' He Also Wrote on

By Stav Ziv On 2/18/17 at 8:59 AM Shortly before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and launched World War

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Winston Churchill Asked `Are We Alone in the Universe?' He Also Wrote on

By Stav Ziv On 2/18/17 at 8:59 AM Shortly before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and launched World War

2/18/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

2/17/17

Woolly mammoth will be back from extinction within two years, say Harvard scientists

By Sarah Knapton, science editor, in boston 17 FEBRUARY 2017 • 10:35AM "Woolly mammoths"

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Woolly mammoth will be back from extinction within two years, say Harvard scientists

By Sarah Knapton, science editor, in boston 17 FEBRUARY 2017 • 10:35AM "Woolly mammoths"

2/17/17

Garrison Hilliard, Wendy M. Grossman3

2/17/17

Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay

Doing a radio thing on another topic today, I met the author of a biography of Churchill who's

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Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay

Doing a radio thing on another topic today, I met the author of a biography of Churchill who's

2/17/17

Garrison Hilliard

2/17/17

Super Earth Capable Of Supporting Life, Scientists Claim

There is a super-Earth existing outside the solar system near our planet. This must be good news when

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Super Earth Capable Of Supporting Life, Scientists Claim

There is a super-Earth existing outside the solar system near our planet. This must be good news when

2/17/17

2/11/17

Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do

Bill Steele wrote: > To which, if they had properly studied the Bible, they could have responded,

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Ten Regular Things The Bible Bans But We Still Do

Bill Steele wrote: > To which, if they had properly studied the Bible, they could have responded,

2/11/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

2/7/17

Mars Mystery: How Was Ancient Red Planet Warm Enough for Liquid Water?

By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | February 6, 2017 03:01pm The mystery of how Mars could

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Mars Mystery: How Was Ancient Red Planet Warm Enough for Liquid Water?

By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | February 6, 2017 03:01pm The mystery of how Mars could

2/7/17

Garrison Hilliard

2/3/17

Forget Atlantis: 'Lost continent' found under Indian Ocean

It's not Atlantis, but a lost continent has been found and it's sitting under an island in

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Forget Atlantis: 'Lost continent' found under Indian Ocean

It's not Atlantis, but a lost continent has been found and it's sitting under an island in

2/3/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

1/28/17

A doomsday asteroid will hit Earth next month and trigger devastating mega-tsunamis, claims conspiracy theorist

Nasa spotted an object called 2016 WF9, that's on its way towards Earth The space rock is

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A doomsday asteroid will hit Earth next month and trigger devastating mega-tsunamis, claims conspiracy theorist

Nasa spotted an object called 2016 WF9, that's on its way towards Earth The space rock is

1/28/17

Garrison L. Hilliard

1/28/17

Solved? Cracking the code of metallic hydrogen

A 40-year quest to create a legendary superconductor may be over, say Harvard researchers. Charlie

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Solved? Cracking the code of metallic hydrogen

A 40-year quest to create a legendary superconductor may be over, say Harvard researchers. Charlie

1/28/17

1/21/17

Scientists’ Belief in a Personal God Probed

Interesting article from 100 years ago (New York Times, 1/14/1917): Scientists' Belief in a

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Scientists’ Belief in a Personal God Probed

Interesting article from 100 years ago (New York Times, 1/14/1917): Scientists' Belief in a

1/21/17

1/21/17

Astronomer Searches For Signs Of Life On Exoplanet Wolf 1061

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/193801/20170121/astronomer-searches-for-signs-of-life-on-exoplanet-

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Astronomer Searches For Signs Of Life On Exoplanet Wolf 1061

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/193801/20170121/astronomer-searches-for-signs-of-life-on-exoplanet-

1/21/17