Author: Erik Hayden

Today in Research

Remote, Polluted Lakes; Comet Crossbow

AP Images

Discovered: remote polluted lakes, uninformed fish, a comet crossbow, clinical trial check-up and one place to be to find undiscovered invertebrates. 

By Erik Hayden

Oct 12, 2011

A Year Later, the Chilean Miners Aren't Doing Too Well

The New York Times profiles the fading prospects of the famously freed miners

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 12, 2011

Rick Perry Recalls the American Revolution Happening in the 1500s

The Texas governor slips up while talking at a Dartmouth fraternity

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Today In Research: Doubts About Vitamins; Hopes for Chocolate

And in today's round-up: why you believe the things you hear on TV

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Paul Krugman Explains Why He Won't Be Visiting Zuccotti Park

The New York Times columnist praises Occupy Wall Street protesters, but won't be joining them

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Avengers Trailer: Irresistible Corporate Synergy Arrives

Marvel's unveiled the trailer for its latest businesslike superhero collaboration

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Single Ladies and the State of the Modern Marriage

In The Atlantic, Kate Bolick examines "the strange state of affairs" of modern marriage

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

GQ's Real-Life Superhero Arrested, Unmasked

'Phoenix Jones' apparently pepper sprayed people he thought were fighting

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

First Two Weeks of the NBA Season Have Been Cancelled

The players union and owners still aren't seeing eye to eye on revenue sharing

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Mitt Romney Edges Herman Cain in New Iowa Poll

An NBC News-Marist poll shows Romney leading Cain by 3% in Iowa

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 11, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Will Drop by Murdoch, Koch Homes

On Tuesday, the protestors plan to march past the homes of the moguls

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 7, 2011

Today In Research: The Importance of Car Ownership for Men

And, in today's round-up: the chivalrous field cricket

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 7, 2011

Moody's Downgrades Credit Ratings for 12 British Banks

The credit rating agency also downgraded Portuguese financial insitutions

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 7, 2011

103,000 New Jobs Last Month; Unemployment Still at 9.1%

The Labor Department's September jobs report is slightly better than expected

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 7, 2011

Jon Stewart Wonders About Sarah Palin's Fundraising Scheme

The real losers, he points out, are those who gave her money thinking she'd run

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 7, 2011

Three Women Win Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Committee's award goes to the president of Liberia, an Arab Spring journalist and a peace activist

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Today In Research: Nobel Dissent, Harvard's Not No. 1

Also in today's round-up: don't text and drive, and monkey arm avatars

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Scott Brown Thanked Elizabeth Warren for Keeping Her Clothes On

The Senator had retort to Warren's quip about him posing nude for Cosmopolitan

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

You Won't Be Hearing Hank Williams Jr. on ESPN Again

ESPN severed ties with the singer after he compared Obama to Hitler

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

The Creative Class May Fade, But Not Compared to Everyone Else

The Atlantic Cities's Richard Florida on how the creative class is faring in the downturn

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Sarah Palin Asked Herself: 'Politically Speaking, Will I Die?'

Based on the reactions she got on Fox News this morning, the answer may be yes

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Swedish Poet Tomas Transtromer Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The poet beat out Bob Dylan, and was praised by the committee for giving a "fresh access to reality."

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Jon Stewart Compares Occupy Wall Street with the Tea Party

The Daily Show host looks at the Occupy Wall Street movement through the lens of Fox News

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Nevada Moves Its Caucus Date Up to January 14

The reshuffling of the primary calendar may end up with Iowa on Dec. 26

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Today in Academia: An M.B.A. Doesn't Count for Much

And, in today's round-up: Harpers magazine enrolls at a for-profit college

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Today's Research: Meteor Showers; Classical Music Patterns

And, in today's round-up: a newer, sadder excuse for not playing sports

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Vladimir Putin Is Not Jonny Quest

His press secretary admits a deep-sea diving discovery was staged

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

ATF Informant Is Sick About Selling Guns to Cartels

The Early Show speaks with a gun dealer who agreed to sell guns undercover

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Afghan Intelligence Officials Foil Plot To Kill Hamid Karzai

Six people, including one of the president's body guards, were arrested

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Hulu Jumps Into the Arrested Development Bidding War

Vulture's sources say the Netflix competitor also wants distribution rights

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Rick Perry Can Still Raise Money, Collects $17 Million

Hot Air and Drudge reported that the Texas governor has likely outraised Mitt Romney

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientist Who Reconsidered 'Very Nature of Matter'

The chemistry prize goes to Israeli scientist Daniel Schectman for discovering quasichrystals

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Jon Stewart Revisits Mitt Romney's Shapeshifting Career

The Daily Show swings media attention back to the GOP frontrunner

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Today's Research: A Lot of Prescriptions Linked to Bad Dreams

Also in today's research round-up: a few worries about climate change

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Ford Is Hiring 12,000 People at Its U.S. Plants Next Year

The Detroit automaker strikes a four-year deal with the United Auto Workers union

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Watch Researchers Show Off an Underwater 'Invisibility Cloak'

A University of Dallas team uses carbon nanotubes to mimic invisibility

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Daily Writer Surprised Hunter S. Thompson Pitch Was Approved

The iPad newspaper publishes a two-part recreation of 'Fear and Loathing' 40 years later

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Hank Williams Jr.'s 'Hitler' Comparison Got Him Pulled from ESPN

Monday Night Football did not start with "All My Rowdy Friends" for the first time in 20 years

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Herman Cain Is Now Tied with Rick Perry

Cain's rise comes as Perry stumbles, leaving them both with 16% behind Mitt Romney

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Chris Christie Told Meg Whitman He Wasn't Running

The new H-P CEO agreed to host a fundraiser if he stayed out of the 2012 race

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Jon Stewart Tours America's Other Racist Place Names

The Daily Show host wades into Rick Perry's hunting camp controversy

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Today In Academia: A Ban on Toasty Dorm Fireplace Fires

And in today's round-up: rethinking the school calendar in Japan

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Today's Research: The Nobel Winners Reactions

Also in today's research round-up: the odd sounds captured in a meteor shower

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Less Than Half of America Knows What GOP Stands For

"God's Own Party"? "Grumpy Old People"? Survey finds Americans stumped

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

And Now South Carolina Moves Its Primary Date to January 21

Florida's decision to set its primary on January 31 is reshuffling the GOP calendar

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Nobel Prize Winner Died Three Days Before Being Honored

Scientist Ralph Steinman was awarded by a Nobel committee for medicine

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Twitter Has a Few Existential Worries

New York's Joe Hagan details Twitter's very real problems monetizing content

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

ABC News and Yahoo! Link Up for News

The media brands announced a wide-ranging content sharing deal

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Nothing Final from Christie on a Presidential Run

The whiplash hype cycle will be reportedly ending "within days"

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Scott Brown Edges Elizabeth Warren in New Poll

The latest measure of a tight Massachusetts Senate race has the incumbent up 41-38

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 3, 2011

Koch Industries Had a Cheating Method, Dealt with Iran

A Bloomberg Markets investigation exposes bribery, corruption in Koch Industries

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