Stories by tokenadult

The last perambulation of an ancient arthropod

Does blogging about quackery really accomplish anything?

Ask HN: What is the consensus on Hacker News?

If only ...

U.S. University First to Accept Transfer Credit for Udacity Course

The real way to prevent cancer

Federal investigation concludes that Marc Hauser fabricated data

Word Problems in Russia and America (98 pages, .PDF)

You, Robot?

How the turtle got its shell

Pertussis outbreaks and vaccine effectiveness

They say that about the Gates Foundation as though it were a bad thing

New Technologies to Fix Smartphone Battery Life

Bitcoin: Alive and here to stay? Or slowly fading away?

Second AMA by Gary Johnson (Libertarian candidate) coming to Reddit 11 Sept.

8-year-old in Britain finds $65K piece of ambergris

Why Isn't Labor Day Celebrated on May 1st in the United States?

For popular Khan Academy, a critical voice amid the adulation

Khan Critiques: We Were Promised Jetpacks & Got Lectures

Cheaper solar-powered lights promise to do away with kerosene lanterns