The state of the universe.

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• Bullies Like Bullying How did a nonstory based on an iffy study end up in a New York Times blog?
  Daniel Engber Nov. 18, 2008
  
• Well, Excuuuuuse Meee! Why humans are so quick to take offense, and what that means for the presidential campaign.
  Emily Yoffe Oct. 17, 2008
  
• Sex Dramedy What can Choke and Californication teach us about sex addiction?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 29, 2008
  
• Atomic Prose Why can't science journalists just tell it like it is when it comes to particle physics?
  Chris Wilson Sept. 24, 2008
  
• Republicans Are From Mars, Democrats Are From Venus Why is every neuropundit such a raging liberal?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 22, 2008
  
• The Accidental Particle They're turning on the Large Hadron Collider. Don't expect the Higgs boson to show up.
  James Owen Weatherall Sept. 9, 2008
  
• The Forgotten Ape Why can't the gibbon get any respect?
  Ben Crair July 29, 2008
  
• How Smart Is the Octopus? Bright enough to do the moving-rock trick.
  Carl Zimmer June 20, 2008
  
• Jeffrey Goldberg, Neuropundit? The Atlantic goes cuckoo for neuro-puffs.
  Daniel Engber June 18, 2008
  
• The Bogus $1 Million Meat Prize Why PETA's artificial chicken contest is nothing but a publicity stunt.
  Daniel Engber April 23, 2008
  
• The Paranoid Style in American Science Contrary imaginations.
  Daniel Engber April 15, 2008
  
• Spinach, Lettuce, and the Limits of Bioterrorism A comforting look back at the major E. coli outbreaks of 2006.
  Carl Zimmer March 19, 2008
  
• Really, a Man Can't Become a Magnet Slate readers weigh in with their own stories of personal magnetism.
  Juliet Lapidos March 7, 2008
  
• Abolish the Fat Tax! It's time to shut up about "the cost of obesity."
  Daniel Engber Feb. 14, 2008
  
• Obama Builds Lead Inside Voters' Brains! Neuropundits weigh in on Super Tuesday.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 5, 2008
  
• Invent a Drug, Win $1 Million Should the government start handing out prizes for science breakthroughs?
  Catherine Rampell Jan. 23, 2008
  
• Lessons From the Celebrity Doping Scandal When will the press understand the difference between HGH and anabolic steroids?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 15, 2008