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Who Hates Whom
Who Hates Whom:

Well-Armed Fanatics,
Intractable Conflicts,

and Various Things Blowing Up
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“Revelatory... Harris's sly wit and infectious curiosity make understanding world chaos fascinating... witty, horrific, and necessary.”

-- Boston Globe


"Brave... irreverent... charges into the thick of the globe's myriad simmering wars... hilariously relaxed."

-- New York Observer


“Fascinating, enlightening, and surprisingly: NOT TOTALLY DEPRESSING.”

-- John Hodgman,
author, The Areas of My Expertise and correspondent for The Daily Show

 


"A rollicking ride of intellectual discovery and emotional growth... his comic timing never fails"
-- The Wall Street Journal

"A surprisingly touching memoir"
-- Entertainment Weekly

"Effortlessly funny and informative... tender, human, and very wise... A must for anyone who loves Jeopardy!, or has ever seen it, or is breathing."
-- Joss Whedon, creator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer


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NASA: Einstein Was Right Print
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NASA says a team of researchers, meticulously studying the movements of two satellites, have confirmed a key, untested prediction of the Theory of General Relativity known as "frame-dragging."

Just as the presence of mass warps the space around it (think of massively-heavy black holes causing the physical equivalent of, well, a black hole), a large, spinning body should therefore pull the nearby section space-time along for the ride.  (Think of a bowling ball spinning in molasses, of Karl Rove spinning in bullshit.)  In this case, the satellites wound up measurably shifted in location, simply from the relativistic effects of the Earth's rotation.

Incidentally, one of the two major candidates for president would be comfortable in this conversation.  The other would be happier around medievalists speaking in tongues.