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March 06, 2007

Religious belief: Evolutionary adaptation or neurological accident? The NYT profiles Scott Atran and his research.

Posted at 07:46 AM

March 04, 2007

Blogging is the future of free expression in Egypt, and the epicenter is this site: Free Kareem!

Posted at 03:24 PM

The long tail wins out again — this time when it comes to the historical global human population. It turns out the dead far outnumber the living, not vice versa. (Via)

Posted at 03:08 PM

Niche blogging goes to 11: Noncommutative geometry, the blog, featuring posts by Alain Connes, amongst others. It turns out that Islamic artists knew all about Penrose tiles back in 1200 AD.

Posted at 03:01 PM