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A sex scandal involving adults and children under their charge. No, not the Catholic church of the 60s; the public schools of today<\/a>.<\/p>\n While he did get the number wrong, Romney was right in that those who pay the least in income taxes are the least likely to vote for him<\/a>.<\/p>\n The number of scientific papers that had to be retracted last year was a 10x increase over the rate during the previous decade. And a study of those retractions finds that 3\/4ths of those retractions were due to misconduct<\/a> rather than honest mistakes.<\/p>\n Good news in the stem cell debate.<\/a> "Two stem-cell researchers have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work in cellular reprogramming, a technique that unleashed a wave of advances in biology, from cloning to the possible treatment of diseases using a patient’s own cells." That is, there is less of a reason to use embryonic stem cells, when adult ones will do just as well.<\/p>\n Hedging their bets?<\/a> "A survey by the Pew Research Center<\/a> discovered that 2.4 percent of Americans say they are atheists and 3.3 percent say they are agnostic. Among the atheists and agnostics, however, 6 percent said they pray daily."<\/p>\n Need more money for your school district, by proving how many students attend? Make them wear microchips.<\/a> Privacy takes a back seat to cash.<\/p>\n And finally, some apt scripture for the VP debate last night. (Click for a larger version.)<\/p>\n