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News: Science for Non-Scientists - Inside Higher Ed "Next January, Bard's science and math faculty - along with postdoctoral students and faculty from other institutions -- will try to change all that with the Citizen Science Program, three weeks of science learning modeled on the success of…
Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science "In the July issue of APS News we pointed out that Einstein's field equations for general relativity appear unexpectedly under the opening credits of the animated feature film "The Triplets of Belleville," directed by Sylvain Chomet of France. We asked…
Science Channel Refuses To Dumb Down Science Any Further | The Onion - America's Finest News Source "Along with Bunting's remarks, the Science Channel issued a statement claiming that it currently airs more than 150 programming hours that are tangentially, and often laughably, related to science…
Books: "Rainbows End" by Vernor Vinge. It's 2025 - What happened to science, politics and journalism? Well, you know I'd be intrigued. After all, a person whose taste in science fiction I trust (my brother) told me to read this and particularly to read it just before my interview with PLoS. So,…

In case it's not obvious, BBSpot is satire.

I particularly like the last sentence.

The _LA Times_ story is paywalled

It wasn't paywalled last night, dammit.
I hate the LAT.

If you search "prisoner escape lawsuit" on news.google.com, the first link that comes up is a non-paywalled version of the story from the LA Times.
--sdc