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sethmnookin: Somehow, I ended up watching Person of Interest tonight, which was surprisingly nervewracking.
EmilyAnthes: Amen. "Wolf Blitzer and other journalists should leave God out of natural disasters." http://t.co/BlkoAqsOlU Great piece.
TravisSaunders: @kevinmilligan @mattyglesias From your lips to @NatureMagazine's ears
hillaryrosner: Bizarre. RT @wunderground: Tornado Warning for Columbia and Dutchess Counties in NY until 6:00 PM EDT http://t.co/w5nDsnhDWQ
stevesilberman: USGS page on tonight's 8.2 Russian quake. http://t.co/ijE7fgES33
daniel_lende: RT @Dirk57: Addiction is not a typical disease, nor a simple matter of choice. Maybe "disease model" should become "biochemical model."
mfenner: @0Albogami I can't recommend specific reference manager for iPad.
MrEpid: @Moirabrowne @queensu You gave a convocation speech? Cool!!! #twittercelebrity
BethSkw: RT @Mammals_Suck: I couldn't take the media coverage of #NeanderthalWeaning so I did this: http://t.co/Jih5yTQSSt
Jason_Reads: RT @theferocity: I just wrote a short essay for @BuzzFeedLGBT -- "No, Boy Scouts of America: 'Tolerance' Isn't Enough" http://t.co/s0srtE0t…
jeancflanagan: @hildabast tell me how it goes! I planned on it but had to much work.
Blog Archives
The Science of Mysteries: Instructions for A Deadly Dinner
Category: poison, Speakeasy Science
Tagged Ann Finkbeiner, arsenic, Dorothy L. Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Harriet Vane, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, Jane Langton, Jennifer Ouelette, Josephine Tey, Lord Peter Wimsey, Mignon Eberhardt, Patricia Wentworth, Strong Poison, the arsenic eaters of Styria, The Poisoner's Handbook
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Periodic craziness
Category: chemistry, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook
Tagged chemistry, Hugh Aldersley-Williams, lead, Marie Curie, Periodic Tales, polonium, radiation, radium, Sam Kean, thallium, The Disappearing Spoon, The Elements, The Elements (song), The Periodic Table of Elements, The Poisoner's Handbook, The Radium Girls, Theodore Gray
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An Almost Perfect Murder
Category: carbon monoxide, methane, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook
Tagged Alexander Gettler, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, Charles Norris, forensic toxicology, hydrogen, Leah Friendlich, methane, murder, New York City Medical Examiner's Office, Tenement Museum, The Poisoner's Handbook
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A Dazzle in the Bones
Category: radium, science history, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook
Tagged Alexander Gettler, alpha radiation, dial workers, Harrison S. Martland, New York City Medical Examiner's Office, radiation exposure, radioactivity, radium, Radium Girls, The Poisoner's Handbook, U.S. Radium Corporation
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Life in the Undark
Category: radium, science history, Speakeasy Science, The Poisoner's Handbook
Tagged alpha radiation, beta radiation, Consumers Union of New Jersey, gamma radiation, Harrison S. Martland, Japan, Marie Curie, nuclear power, polonium, radioactivity, radon, The Poisoner's Handbook, The Radium Girls, U.S. Radium Corporation, uranium
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