Teen Skepchick’s Reality Checks 8.15

• Scientists at CERN have achieved the highest man-made temperature. (via Nature News Blog)
• Atheism is up in the US and around the world. (via The Washington Post)
• Penn State’s accreditation is under scrutiny after the child rape scandal. (via Think Progress)
• The scream of a dying star can teach us a thing or two about black holes. (via Phys.org)

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