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    Puny Krauthammer Ambushes a Science Giant

    JANUARY 2, 2012 2:10PM

    By Robert Becker


    Topics: open call, science, politics, rightwing contradictions, carl sagan

    • 11 Ratings
    • 573 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Carl Sagan, the Universe, and Me: Inquiry vs The Inquisition

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 2:10PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: politics, open call, atheist, religion, christian, family, humanity, universe, cosmos, carl sagan, inquiry, science, education, imagination, inquisition

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 6664 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Why I'm Godless for my Daughter's Sake

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 9:21PM

    By Jason Bachand


    Topics: penn jilette, richard dawkins, carl sagan, rationalism, parenting, fatherhood, atheism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1463 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    The Final Frontier

    JULY 11, 2011 7:05AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: methane, carbon dioxide, co2, atmosphere, environmental, environment, inhospitable, alien planets, alien, planets, moon, mars, venus, climate record, hottest on record, hottest year on record, hottest, hotter, hot, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, global warming, climate change, carl sagan, future, spaceship earth, science, politics

    • 8 Ratings
    • 956 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Tree of Life: Koyaanisqatsi, Cosmos and Frank Lloyd Wright

    JULY 10, 2011 9:59PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: cinema, film, movie, tree of life, cannes, koyaanisqatsi, cosmos, frank lloyd wright, carl sagan, meaning of life, taoism

    • 2 Ratings
    • 355 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Human Research Subjects

    MARCH 17, 2011 11:30AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: human research subjects, murray strauss, jane goodall, marvin kohn, class and conformity, psychologists, sociologists, adolph hitler, mien kampf, gary webb, dark alliance, global warming, american protection league, national science foundation, office of naval research, alfred mccoy, cia, philip greven, stanley milgram, obedience to authority, peter singer, practical ethics, animal liberation, philip zimbardo, the stanford prison experiment, school of the americas, copyrights, howard zinn, carl sagan, peta

    • 1 Ratings
    • 755 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Apocalypse: a self fulfilling prophecy?

    FEBRUARY 22, 2011 11:56AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: apocalypse, revelations, armageddon, megiddo, carl sagan, croesus, david koresh, marshall applewhite, jim jones, charles manson, jeffrey lundgren, anti-christ, false messiah, christian zionists, arial sharon, seeds of peace, mayan 2012 doomsday prophecy

    • 5 Ratings
    • 303 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Carl Would Know

    JANUARY 21, 2011 3:40PM

    By Sam Maggee


    Topics: carl sagan, open call, os, friendship, science

    • 0 Ratings
    • 350 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Fallacy of "Medical Marijuana"

    OCTOBER 17, 2010 4:50PM

    By Barry Lyons


    Topics: war on drugs, marijuana, cannabis, legalization, prohibition, carl sagan, the beatles, louis armstrong, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 369 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The "Pale Blue Dot" is my home

    AUGUST 4, 2010 3:28PM

    By Ary J


    Topics: carl sagan, pale blue dot, earth, environment, astromony

    • 46 Ratings
    • 1530 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    In Defense of Navel-Gazing--Open Salon Style

    JULY 9, 2010 11:38AM

    By Keka


    Topics: open salon, writing, writers, voyager 2, voyager 1, carl sagan, ann druyan, npr, love, relationships, romance, love

    • 44 Ratings
    • 49345 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    I get this one life

    MAY 5, 2010 2:49PM

    By Amanda Gulledge


    Topics: bill nye, degrasse, carl sagan, evolution, science, symphony of science, psychology, perspective

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1195 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    symphony of space

    JANUARY 24, 2010 3:03PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: the beauty of reality, music, carl sagan, dawkins, arthur c. clarke, symphony of space, reality, science, skepticism, nobelief, atheism, the endless beauty of how things really are

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4835 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    An Illicit Affair with YHWH, Death & Doubt

    NOVEMBER 20, 2009 10:31AM

    By amittaizero


    Topics: carl sagan, atheism, death, marriage, religion, why atheism?, george h. smith, faith, doubt

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1005 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    A Little Perspective

    NOVEMBER 19, 2009 5:34PM

    By zashin


    Topics: it's the only home we know, we need to take care of our planet, carl sagan, pale blue dot

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1495 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    You are made of star stuff.

    OCTOBER 20, 2009 8:34PM

    By dicea


    Topics: cosmos, carl sagan, science!, music, art, yoda, star wars, frank oz, jim henson, stephen hawking, wonders beyond your mortal imagination, and other affairs of just plain living

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 703 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    A whole lotta Geeky Goodness

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 12:39AM

    By Lyle Bateman


    Topics: lyle bateman, absurd, geeky, parody, remix, pop science, universe, cosmos, science, music, rap, stephen hawking, carl sagan

    • 2 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Can the Ghost of Christmas Future Change Mankind?

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 5:36AM

    By charlesalbertmoster


    Topics: science, technology, politics, the future, scrooge, christmas, carl sagan, philosophy, violence, society, open salon

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1051 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Perspective on a Pale Blue Dot

    MAY 2, 2009 4:34AM

    By Kevin Lee


    Topics: technology, science, belief and religion, civilization, history, environment, destruction, humanity, carl sagan, voyager, astronomy, physics, ecology, earth

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