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Tim Russert - 58: A Devastating Loss
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Which Science has Shaped Humanity the Most?
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Why Do We Have Conscious Thought?
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News Why are airlines seeking exemptions from tarmac delay legislation?
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'Can Science answer Moral questions
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Did the Housing Market Crash Catch You Off Guard?
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News Unconstitutional and Unethical Abortion Bills in Oklahoma
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News Please come to lovely North Korea
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News PowerPoint Not to Blame for Wars Mistakes
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Korean Curfew Imposed on Juvenile Gamers
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Which One is the Correct Matching?
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News How Much Have Banks Repaid from the Government Bailout Funds?
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Freud, Jung, and the Noise from the Bookcase
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News Direct Democracy vs. Representatitive Democracy
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News You hate Obama's health care penalty for the uninsured?
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For travel or train buffs with a lot of time on their hands
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G.H. Hardy's Views on Mathematician vs Physicist Objectivity
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Are You a Fan of NASCAR and Delicious Pastry Fillings?
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News A new motto for the Nation's capital
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Which Race Will Reign Supreme in StarCraft?
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Who Has the Right of Way at a 4-Way Stop?
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What Makes Julian Beever's 3-D Chalk Drawings So Captivating?
  • Aether
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Discussing the Ethics of Eating Meat
  • Nusc
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Greedy Vermont black bear was rescued at last.
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Why something rather than nothing?
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Disney Oceans & Planet Earth: Encouraging Nature Appreciation
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Outsourcing of accounting/finance?
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News DoD Report on the Fort Hood Shooting & Comparing to Christmas Day Attack
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News What are your political and social views?
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Vertical Farming (And could it Profitable)
  • k_squared
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Is the World Approaching the Inevitable Hubbert's Peak of Oil Production?
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News Is Perpetual War a Means to Control and Consume Human Labour?
  • Max Faust
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News Can Privatizing Animals Lead to Better Management?
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European Experiences of the Icelandic Geyser Ash Clouds
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Biking with your dog and a leash is that legal?
  • k_squared
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Psychosis-like state when working?
  • vcxp
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Amazing Sand Art | Unbelievable Artistry
  • gravenewworld
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Sovereignty of these United States
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What Were Abraham Lincoln's Revolutionary Ideas on Government Rights?
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News John McCain Denies Maverick Label to Secure Re-election
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Massive fireball reported across Midwestern sky
  • cronxeh
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What's the Controversy Surrounding Chavez and Castro Toilet Paper?
  • Ivan Seeking
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Constructivist Philosophy and Classical Thermodynamics
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Are Social Games in China Beneficial or Just Distracting?
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Finally Now I can carry on with my life
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You're too much of a mathematician if
  • Edgardo
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Radioactive timebomb in Russian nuclear dump that could threaten Europe?
  • Shukie
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News Guam is going to tip over and capsize due to overpopulation
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Confusing Interpretation of reality
  • Deepak Kapur
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News US taxpayer dollars going to Brazilian cotton farms.
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Where Does the Money Really Go in Disaster Relief Efforts?
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Guys would you wear Ed Hardy or Affliction clothing?
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The Paradox of Choice: Is More Choice Better?
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Digital Economy Bill in UK a Menace to Privacy?
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Is Love Just a Chemical Reaction or Something More?
  • Kajahtava
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News It's Official. Stevens to retire.
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Metaphorical line between knowledge and belief ?
  • myke
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News US Income Tax Rate Increase: Fact or Fiction?
  • CRGreathouse
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30 Year Treasury/10 Year AAA Bond Spread
  • John Creighto
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Does the Multiverse Theory Prove the Existence of God?
  • GeorgCantor
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News No fault divorce, the biggest idiocy of all times ?
  • DanP
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Is Kurzweil considered a quack (crackpot) by the scientific community?
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News CENTCOM investigation: Killed Reuters cameramen were in company of armed ins s
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Do Humans Have Souls Beyond Mind and Body?
  • GreatEscapist
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Staying Up-To-Date with Science News: PF'ers Share Their Tips
  • Leptos
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A Workable Definition Of Intelligence
  • Max Faust
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I'm skeptical of these online reviews
  • Math Is Hard
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Name of Economist Chomsky Mentions: Milton Friedman
  • Nusc
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Oreo-Milk Symmetry Breaking (OM-Violation)
  • Pengwuino
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Ethics — What if we just keep asking why?
  • jpas
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Origin and purpose of the recent tendency
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Is it true that over half of humanity at present has never used a telephone?
  • Loren Booda
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Will we see a Malthusian catastrophe in the 21st century?
  • The_Absolute
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What is the anthropic principle and how does it relate to defining life?
  • Max Faust
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Newton's Third Law of Motion: Action & Reaction Impact on Creation
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Richard Dawkins and James Randi about Bleep
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Reincarnation technically possible?
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Consciousness in the materialist perspective.
  • imiyakawa
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Was the Physics Forums Ultrasound Post an April Fools' Joke?
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Kiva - Gifting Small Loans to Developing Countries
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Albert Einstein: High Functioning Autistic
  • rhody
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How can we prevent conformity in group brainstorming exercises?
  • BenVitale
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How has physics challenged the traditional idea of materialism?
  • GeorgCantor
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Can Logic Disprove the Necessity of a First Cause?
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News Heavy Metal in Baghdad Documentary: Watch on Netflix
  • Greg Bernhardt
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What are your thoughts on Ayn Rand?
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Why are we so obsessed with privacy?
  • Greg Bernhardt
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How to Deal With Cheaters and the Ethics of Infidelity
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Does anybody lose as a result of the student loan changes?
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News How much can society afford to pay?
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What if we could change the length of a stick in small, unnoticeable amounts?
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What happens in a genius mind that doesn't in a not talented mind?
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Why are there more societies where the people are oppressed than free?
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News Project Hero: Scholorships for children of Deceased soldiers.
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Drunk man tried to revive dead opossum
  • Greg Bernhardt
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News Republicans' Plan to Repeal Healthcare?
  • Nusc
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Does Randomness Exist? Evolution & Implicate Order
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Avoid Layaway Fee - Save Money Now | msnbc.msn.com
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What is the most positive economic effect of altruism worldwide?
  • Loren Booda
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