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  • A.J. Jacobs
    10:15 am Tue, Jun 1, 2010
    Can a book about Jerry Falwell bring people together?

    My friend, the writer Kevin Roose, just started a project where he's trying to build a bunch of little brid ges across the red-blue/atheism-religion culture gap. Not a grand Roebling-style… Read the rest of the article: Can a book about Jerry Falwell bring people together?

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  • A.J. Jacobs
    1:27 pm Fri, May 28, 2010
    The world's tallest Internet entrepreneur

    World Record: Most Party Hats Worn At Once (Elna Baker) Photo: Emily Wilson Yesterday, the Air Force announced that its Waverider aircraft set the record for hypersonic flight — it… Read the rest of the article: The world's tallest Internet entrepreneur

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  • A.J. Jacobs
    2:24 pm Thu, May 27, 2010
    4 ways to Nudge Yourself

    Photo by chatirygirl / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License. A few months ago, I did an experiment in which I tried to be totally and completely rational for a… Read the rest of the article: 4 ways to Nudge Yourself

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  • A.J. Jacobs
    11:56 am Thu, May 20, 2010
    Space Oddities

    Mary Roach – one of my favorite science writers – has a book coming out this August. It's sort of like "The Right Stuff." But it's more like the weird… Read the rest of the article: Space Oddities

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  • A.J. Jacobs
    11:29 am Wed, May 19, 2010
    Wanted: Steampunk Biblical Huts

    A couple of years ago, I wrote a book about trying to live by all the rules of the Bible – moral, dietary, sartorial. Also architectural. For that last one,… Read the rest of the article: Wanted: Steampunk Biblical Huts

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  • A.J. Jacobs
    2:50 pm Mon, May 17, 2010
    Urinating uses up 141 calories per hour

    My next book is about health, so I got a fitbit (in case you missed its debut last year, it's a souped-up pedometer that measures your calorie intake and output).… Read the rest of the article: Urinating uses up 141 calories per hour

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