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April 16, 2012
The Best & Worst-Case Scenarios For The Future Of Musical Holograms
Like most night owls, I spent early Monday morning watching YouTube clips of a holographic Tupac Shakur playing Coachella with his friends Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg nearly 16 years after his death. It was at once creepy and crass, but altogether interesting no matter how you sliced it, and not just bec ... More >>
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April 4, 2012
Hank Schyma: Southern Backtones Singer Is Fearless Tornado Chaser
If you saw the dramatic footage out of North Texas Tuesday, hopefully from the safety of your living room or gathered around a TV at work, you know that weather events like those tornadoes can make pretty compelling television. And someone has to head straight into those storms to film all that vide ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Emancipation Proclamation
If you saw the dramatic footage out of North Texas Tuesday, hopefully from the safety of your living room or gathered around a TV at work, you know that weather events like those tornadoes can make pretty compelling television. And someone has to head straight into those storms to film all that vide ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Galveston's Red Tide Appears to Have Dissipated, Oysters Recovering
Photo by mintprofusionOysters affected by red tide are toxic to humans.On January 27, two small portions of Texas Gulf waters were conditionally opened to shellfish harvesting after a red tide epidemic forced the indefinite closure of oyster season in October. San Antonio and Espiritu Santo ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Update: Rough Weather, Tornados Rolling Through Houston, Affecting Airports
As has been mentioned by weather forecasters in recent days, some pretty rough weather is passing through Houston this morning as part of a cold front. The storms are spanning high winds, torrential rain (some areas could receive up to five inches), flash flooding and potential tornadoes. According ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Will Houston Get Its First Real Cold Front This Weekend?
Courtesy of Accuweather.comThose 80-degree days are in our not-too-distant future.Last week, I brought up the fact that our weather should be moderating as the days grow shorter and cool fronts begin pushing southward. Well, looks like we might not have to wait as long for our first blast of ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Intelligent Design Tries Again In Texas, Group Says
Evolution in the cross-hairsTexas might be getting ready to fill its science textbooks with anti-evolution material, critics are warning. The State Board of Education may soon take another step in its effort to adopt material that pushes Intelligent Design, they say. "Two years ago State Bo ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Comment of the Day: Animal Experiments Aren't All Bad
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Comment Of The Day: Don't Mess With Lunar-Eclipse Fans
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Marfa Lights Solved!! It's A Giant Bird!!
Headin' for Marfa, no doubtYou may have thought that the mystery of the Marfa Lights had been pretty much settled with scientific research showing that the eerie illuminations are just far-off car headlights bouncing off thermal layers. WRONG. Now comes a creationist scientist who has a new ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
"DINOSAURS! At the Houston Zoo"
Take a walk on the wild side
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April 29, 2010
"Archaeopteryx: Icon of Evolution"
Look, it's a bird, it's a fossil, it's Super Lizard
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February 25, 2010
"Magic: The Science of Wonder"
Do we have any volunteers from the audience?
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December 10, 2009
Smaller Than Life: The Lure and Lore of Amazonian Shrunken Heads
Admit it, you want to look
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November 12, 2009
Between the Folds
Physics, math and art - all from one sheet of paper
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October 22, 2009
Aurora Picture Show Video Salon
Teenage filmmaker Emily Hagins shares her zombie-movie experience
Blogs
May 1, 2009
What If Swine Flu Got Turned Into a "Song"?
librarystorytime.wordpress.comSo it turns out the best way to prevent swine flu is to wash your damn hands, and to make sure you do a nice thorough job. A former member of the Texas Medical Associaton's Committee on Infectious Diseases suggests you sing or hum songs you probably learned in kindergar ... More >>
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March 24, 2009
Scientists Love The Muck Outside Houston
Photo by JublinSomewhere, a little outside Houston, recently existed a massive colony of creatures that astounded scientists with their sheer size and intrigued them with their behavior. The creatures even engaged freely in "suicidal altruism," in which some would sacrifice themselves for the ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Jurassic Jackpot: Massive Dinosaur Graveyards
Web exclusive!
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February 12, 2009
Children’s Classes at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
Web exclusive!
Blogs
February 2, 2009
Local Scientists Say The Superbugs Are Coming To Get Us
Listen up people - we have run out of options. At least when we come to superbugs, if University of Texas Medical School researchers Dr. Barbara E. Murray and Dr. Cesar Ariasare to be believed. The two study infectious diseases for a living, so they should know. Their article in a recent New England ... More >>
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January 8, 2009
Polar-Palooza
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March 13, 2008
“Decking the Path to Blessedness”
Barry Stone places the stars in front of your eyes
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February 14, 2008
"CSI: The Experience"
Exhibit inspired by CBS series puts you behind the evidence
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February 7, 2008
“GENOME: The Secret of How Life Works”
What do you get when you cross a human, a fly and a banana? Matching genes
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October 4, 2007
The Future of Food
If you are what you eat, then you might be a genetic freak
Blogs
March 29, 2007
It's Getting Hot in Heere
If you are what you eat, then you might be a genetic freak
News
August 31, 2006
Monkey Business
Primates -- destined for laboratory research -- are being brought into a compound in Houston so carefully and quietly that no one knows they're here
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July 6, 2006
The Gospel of Grant
Primates -- destined for laboratory research -- are being brought into a compound in Houston so carefully and quietly that no one knows they're here
Film
June 8, 2006
Fahrenheit 2050
Al Gore takes on the other imminent threat to America
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April 6, 2006
What a Dromaeosaur
Al Gore takes on the other imminent threat to America
News
November 18, 2004
Bones of Contention
Scientists fear that Lucy might be a crack exhibit for Houston
Culture
July 8, 2004
Exploding the Canon
"Inverted Utopias" helps rewrite the story of modernism
Calendar
October 10, 2002
Space Center & Me
Or, how I learned to stop caring and accept the dumb
News
September 5, 2002
Thrown for a Loop
Plus: Hot Topic, Shooting Fish?, Sympathy - Not
News
December 20, 2001
All That Glitters...
Prison's in the past. Joe Champion's chasing after alchemy again.
Dining
April 5, 2001
How Now Mad Cow?
Europe has a problem with diseased cattle. Should Texans be wary?
News
December 14, 2000
In God's Country
William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause.
Best of Houston
September 21, 2000
Best Museum Gift Shop
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Dining
August 17, 2000
The ABCs of DNA
Robert Del Grande
Music
June 29, 2000
Later, Floyd
Laser rock shows at the Museum of Natural Science go the way of the dinosaurs
Film
May 18, 2000
T-Rex in Mouse Ears
The Mesozoic Era undergoes the Disney treatment in Dinosaur
News
January 20, 2000
The Man Who Knew Too Soon?
Eight years ago Tom Curtis reported that AIDS could have been spread by an experimental polio vaccine grown on monkey kidneys. Scientists sniffed. Journalists scoffed. The story died. Now, a new book says the theory wasn't so stupid after all.
Music
November 4, 1999
Happy Daze
Nebula conjures up memories of loud Les Pauls, long hair and weed
News
January 14, 1999
The Dinosaur Hunters
Nebula conjures up memories of loud Les Pauls, long hair and weed
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December 10, 1998
Night & Day
December 10 - 16, 1998
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August 20, 1998
Biological Disaster
Zonagen Inc. took its name from Bonnie Dunbar's groundbreaking research into contraceptive vaccines. Then, when she wasn't looking, the company took her research.
Film
July 2, 1998
All Climax
Feeling is forgotten in hard-sell Armageddon
Culture
November 24, 1994
Living by the Numbers
Breaking the Code delves into the mathematics of the human heart
News
April 7, 1994
Aggie Alchemy
John Bockris was known around Texas A&M as a chemist interested in "weird science." Joe Champion gave him all he could handle.
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