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Stephen Dubner, nerd rock star.

Last night, Stephen Dubner, one-half of the pop-psych duo behind the 2005 bestseller Freakonomics, spoke at Vanderbilt's student life center. Dubner, if you recall, i...

Is sending the co-author of Gramm-Leach-Bliley, the bill partially responsible for the global recession, to an economic summit really a good idea?

Artisan chocolatier Bethany Thouin loves her chocolate, and she loves her friends. With the help of co-author Angela Fox, she weaved those elements together into Chocolate Covered Friendship. The ti...

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Beans, beans,

their good for your heart.

Beans, beans

they make you fart.

The more you fart,

the better you feel.

Starting with the topic of Atlantic's "artificial scarcity" experiment with Estelle's album Shine, the LA Times' Jon Healey veers off into a thought-provoking post on pricing, demand and digital downloads.

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There’s a new study out done by a University (Univ. of Utah) that says if you live in a neighborhood built before 1950 you’re probably slimmer because it was built in days when hings were more attuned to pedestrians than cars.

Blogger is announcing a new thing called "Knol."

Here is what they say about it:

Capt. Rick Rubel, USN-Ret., distinguished Professor of Ethics at the U.S.

You just cannot make this stuff up: "Global warming may raise kidney stone risk"

Washington, D.C. - Global warming could do more than hurt polar bears: It could force a rise in kidney stones, scientists warned Monday.