Tag: video
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Neuroscientist James Fallon is fascinated by the brains of murderers, especially in light of his own family history. His father's side of the family was full of notorious murderers. So, he compared his family's PET scans to those of known psychopathic killers: "And I took a look at my own PET ... Read More
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Presidential hopeful Rick Perry told a little kid that if he were a superhero, he'd be Superman, a great American. Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine thinks that's a great idea. Watch. [Photo credit: Dunechaser, Creative Commons.] Read More
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I had high hopes for Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live send up of natural childbirth. Fey is very talented and natural childbirth subculture is ripe for parody, in part because some of its proponents take themselves so very seriously while being so cavalier about the evidence. So, I was ... Read More
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Mayor Mike Bloomberg isn't the type to forgive and forget. Two years ago, New York's official Groundhog Day groundhog, Staten Island Chuck, bit the mayor during the annual weather forecasting ceremony. This year, the Staten Island zoo equipped the groundhog hutch with a special plunger to ... Read More
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Amanda of Pandagon points to a disturbing ABC News story about teens getting plastic surgery in a bid to escape bullying or, and/or to recover from the psychological scars of bullying. We meet Erica, who was mercilessly teased about her nose, became so distraught that she started ... Read More
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The physics of wet mammal shake, explained. Dogs and other furry mammals shake to dry themselves off. Experimenters at the Georgia Institute of Technology calculated how fast an animal has to oscillate to overcome surface tension and throw water off its hairs. It turns out, the smaller ... Read More
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Twenty-six years after the release of Bruce Springsteen's hit song, "Born in The USA," conservative talk show host/performance artist Glenn Beck finally got around to listening to the lyrics. Beck was shocked, shocked to discover that for all these years he'd been rocking out to a song about a ... Read More
About Focal Point
Focal Point is a blog about politics, ideas, photography, and feminism. It began in 2004 as the independent blog Majikthise. (Majikthise archives are available here.)
Recent Posts
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10/11
Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing Brutal Conditions at Amazon.com Warehouse
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9/20
Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Science and Bad History
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9/19
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9/13
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9/08
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9/08
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9/05
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9/01
NYT Misses the Mark on Bloomberg, Goldsmith, and Domestic Violence Arrest
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8/30
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8/29
Obama's Pick to Head Council of Economic Advisers Billed as "Jobs Expert"