The state of the universe.

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• 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