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

Sep 12, 2011

Donald Rumsfeld Finally Cancels His New York Times Subscription

A Paul Krugman blog post appears to have been the final straw

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 12, 2011

CBS Erased 'What's Trending' After That False Steve Jobs Death Tweet

One false tweet cost an online show its relationship with CBS News

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 12, 2011

Explosion Rocks French Nuclear Site

A furnace explosion killed one at France's nuclear site of Marcoule

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 12, 2011

Tim Pawlenty Endorses Mitt Romney

T-Paw gave his full support to Mitt during a Fox News interview

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 12, 2011

Perry Still Running Away with the GOP Primary in New Poll

Also, a CNN/Opinion Research shows Michele Bachmann fading fast

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2011

A Dreary Allergy Season; What Golf Does to the Brain

Plus: 'Supercomputer predicts revolution' isn't as foreboding as it sounds

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2011

Hillary Disappoints Cheney, Confirms 'Below Zero' Chance of Bid

Dick Cheney was rooting for her to challenge Obama a little over a day ago

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2011

Why Mel Gibson Wants to Make a Movie About Jewish Warriors

The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got an exclusive interview with the controversial filmmaker

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2011

Biden and Boehner Have Golf on Their Mind Before Jobs Speech

Before Obama's speech, Boehner and Biden are caught talking golf on a hot mic

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2011

Officials Warn of 'Credible' but 'Unconfirmed' Threat Ahead of 9/11

The threat is of potential car bombings in New York or D.C.

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

Earlier Classes Mean Better Grades; Advice for Yalies

Plus: a for-profit college offers employers $2,000 to hire their graduates

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

Weight Watchers Works, Maybe

Also in today's research round-up: doctors get paid a lot

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

Human Ancestor Falls Into Cave, Discovered a While Later

A millions of years old transitional fossil was just discovered

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

Google Gobbles Up Zagat Ratings

The tech company will integrate Zagat into its local reviews services

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

A Lot of Afghans Don't Know What Happened on 9/11

The Wall Street Journal finds that young men are only vaguely aware of the events

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

A Smiling Cheney Roots for Hillary Clinton 2012

The former Veep suggests the time may be ripe for a Clinton primary challenge

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2011

French Court Convicts John Galliano for Anti-Semitic Slurs

The former Christian Dior designer won't get any jail time

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Liveblogging the GOP Debate: the Reactions

Rick Perry at the debate: "I kinda feel like the piñata here at the party"

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Get Ready for Tonight's GOP Debate: Rick Perry Night

The Texan makes his debate debut at the Reagan Library at 8 ET tonight

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

There Are a Bunch of Missing Surface-to-Air Missiles in Libya

No one know who looted a cache of weapons that can shoot down high-flying aircraft,

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Pawlenty Finally Grabs Attention on The Colbert Report

T-Paw wanted to jazz up his campaign: "I thought about shooting sparks out my butt."

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Phone Hacking: Another Arrest Made, Guardian Journalist Questioned

Police have made the 16th arrest in connection with the News of the World hacking

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Jon Stewart Chides Cable News Over 'Speechgate' Mania

Back from vacation, Jon Stewart gets back to skewering the media

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Thinking Fondly of the Past; Assessing 99-Cent Pricing

And: does it seem like there's a bit less cigarette smoke out there?

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Sweeping September 11th Magazine Covers Unveiled

A curation of news magazines tenth anniversary covers

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Joe Biden Keeps Encouraging the 'Onion' Side of Himself

In an interview with Car and Driver, he recounts his bare-chested Onion alter-ego

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

The End of Taking Off Your Shoes at the Airport May Be Near

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano gave a hint at an event this morning

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Ron Paul Ad: People Thought Reagan Was 'Extreme,' Too

The ad ties Paul to Reagan and Perry to Al Gore

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Three Polls: Everyone's Soured on Obama's Handling of the Economy

Not great post-Labor Day news for the president to wake up to

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 6, 2011

Media Diet

Choire Sicha: What I Read

The Awl co-founder shares his Media Diet

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 25, 2011

New York and Los Angeles Think Each Other's Waterways Stink

LA and NY Times each run articles on the other city's contaminated waterways

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 25, 2011

Rebels Claim to Have Qaddafi Surrounded

They claim the Libyan dictator is in an apartment complex near his compound

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 25, 2011

Poll: A Slight Majority Still Blames George Bush for Economy

An AP/GfK poll finds 51 percent blame Bush, 31 percent blame Obama

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 25, 2011

The Raunchy Video Captain Gets to Stay in the Navy

Captain Owen Honors won't be kicked out of the Navy for filming the videos

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 24, 2011

Replacing the National Anthem; Rethinking Fraternity Pledge

And: when college becomes a refuge from thinking

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 24, 2011

The 22nd-Greatest President; Counting Female TV Characters

And: the link between war and weather

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 24, 2011

Rasmussen Has Ron Paul Running Closest With Obama

Two separate polls, but an odd conclusion when laid side-by-side

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 24, 2011

Rejected New Yorker Cartoons Get a Second Life

Graphic novelist James Sturm publishes the pretty-good cartoons in Slate instead

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 24, 2011

Washington Monument Cracked, Closed Indefinitely

Yesterday's 5.8 magnitude quake damaged the top of the monument

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

Dean of Columbia Resigns; Princeton Bans Freshman Rush

And: for profit colleges are getting much less applicants

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

Beer's Missing Link; Tea Party Psychology

And: treadmill-running shrimp revisited

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

A Fukushima Robot Operator's Day-to-Day Life

IEEE Spectrum translates and publishes the blog of an anonymous bot operator

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

Don't Expect a Palin Decision Before Labor Day

Her political action committee debunks Karl Rove's suggestion

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

Jon Huntsman Would Be Open to Running with Bachmann

Piers Morgan manages to elicit that answer from the moderate GOPer

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 23, 2011

Japanese Prime Minister Expected to Resign Next Tuesday

Naoto Kan informed his cabinet members they should be ready to resign

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Joe Biden's Excellent Mongolian Escapades

On tour in the nation he challenges wrestlers, fires a few arrows, and names a horse

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Nothing Will Stop College Drinkers; Old Words Disappear

Plus: a new stay-in-school rallying cry

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Ineffective Anti-Smoking Ads; What 'Bullet-Proof' Skin Looks Like

And: your heart likes being married

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Other Than Hawaii, North Dakota Is the Place to Be

The two states top Gallup's latest well-being index

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 22, 2011

Long-Planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Opens

D.C.'s National Mall welcomes the addition of the 30-foot sculpture

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