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Dark disappointment... Author:  Lisa Randall I thought that physicists had given up. In the 1980s and 1990s, when they decided that the universe was mostly made of dark matter and dark energy – two substances that are basically undetectable – I figured that they had finally thrown in the towel. Invoking such seemingly magical substances to explain the world around us seemed like a step all the way back to the Dark Ages (pun intended).  Did they really know what they were doing, or had decades of quantum wackiness finally driven them off the deep end?  Thanks to Lisa Randall, [...]

The Social Eye of Morality Author: Charles Dickens Famous for the “please sir, I want some more” line Oliver Twist is the classic story of a young, orphaned boy growing up in the workhouses of rural England where gentle society, religious figures, and the powers that be oppress him merely for being born poor and illegitimate. A biting satire, not afraid to get into the realism of desperation, Oliver Twist journeys from the tribulations of the work house to the London slums where Oliver is held captive by a gang of thieves, told to either learn the trade or die. [...]

A Dead-Ringer for Some Zen Parody Author: Scott Kenemore Established as a self-help sensation (and evident path to the Nirvana of un-dead necropolises everywhere) The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead explores the underlying success mechanisms (such as ardent determination) which allow zombies to successfully kill, maim, and eat brains. Set up like a legit step-by-step improve your life enlightenment regime the 24 habits of highly effective zombies takes you through every zombie practice from being your own boss to pursuing romance. After establishing why the evil, flesh-eating undead are such compelling zen figures of potential realized (i.e. they are [...]