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Reality Checks: Christian Climate Scientist, Synthetic Chromosomes, and the Turing Test

Mindy — June 9, 2014

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This climate scientist is trying to convince her fellow Christians that climate change is real. (via NPR)
A new bird has been discovered in Indonesia. (via Phys.org)
Undergraduate students engineered a yeast chromosome, the first time such a thing has been done. (via Scientific American)
A Russian chatterbot passed the Turing Test for the first time. (via io9)

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Mindy is an attorney and Managing Editor of Teen Skepchick. She hates the law and loves stars. You can follow her on Twitter and on Google+.

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