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Ben Goldacre will give a talk and participate in a livepodcast taping with Massimo Pigliucci and Julia Galef this Thursday in NYC! Info below (link)... When: Thursday February 21 - 7:00 PM Where: University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street Join us first for a special lecture by Dr. Benjamin...

Drinking Skeptically When: Wed, Dec 24, 8:00pm – 11:59pm ((please note that, due to New Years Eve, the December DS will take place on the *second-to-last* Wednesday of the month) Where: The Four-Faced Liar - 165 West 4th St. (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues) Description: Drinking...

When: Thursday December 4 @ 7:00 PM Where: Rockefeller University Weiss Building Room 305 1230 York Avenue @ 66th St. On March 28, 1860, the New York Times brought the news to America about a new book called The Origin of Species. Darwin, the newspaper wrote, has “laid the foundation of...

Don't miss the New York City Skeptics Association's inaugural activity featuring Jamy Ian Swiss performing at Monday Night Magic! On September 10 Jamy Ian Swiss will be headlining at Monday Night Magic, New York's longest Off-Broadway magic show. For this performance, Jamy has graciously...

On a whim, because it was such a beautiful day outside, I took my bicycle out of storage and rode down the Hudson River parkway to Ground Zero. Which is a little bit more than a block of where I live. I've been there numerous times over the years but hadn't been down there for a long while so...

Okay, getting picky here. But can any native New Yorkers give me an idea of how wide Barclay Street is near the WT7 site? Thanks guys

I was sent this annonymous email and thought I should pass it on for the experts to analyze.

CNN is reporting that there are complaints of a strong gas-like odor being reported throughout Manhattan and possibly across the river in New Jersey. A large office building in mid-town Manhattan has been evacuated. No links on it quite yet. More to come...

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There are not enough people in New York City to find whatever I want, whenever I want it. Due to the internet and cell phones, efficiency is no longer the barrier, it's the raw number of people. I think to reach my ideal, new york needs about 20 times more people than it currently has. I guess...

The Darwin exhibit now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is being extended through August due to "overwhelming public response". In its first three months the exhibit has attracted 200,000 visitors. At TAM4 one of the speakers mentioned that this exhibit had no major...

Not just a description with engineering details, though it's that. The political stuff is here too. Dig for it. Enjoy. http://www.nycroads.com/