Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Does The Data Tell It All?
I want you to meet two friends of mine, first Bill, then Stephen. Bill’s a pretend friend. We’ve never met, …
Messenger Probe Sends Back New Data From Mercury
There’s a small spacecraft called Messenger that’s been orbiting the planet Mercury for a year. Today, at the Lunar and …
When James Cameron Hits Bottom, We Will Hear Him
You are the first, the first person to reach the moon, climb Everest, cross the ocean, reach the Pole, the …
Brilliant Idea: More Than 80,000 Of Einstein’s Documents Going Online
More than 80,000 of Albert Einstein’s papers, including his most famous formula — E=mc² — and letters to and from …
Blurring The Line Between Life And Death
Dick Teresi wanted to write about how science determines the point between life and death. After a decade of research, …
Domesticated Foxes: Man’s New Best Friend?
For thousands of years, dogs have been our companions. After countless generations of selective breeding, they’ve become hard-wired to follow …
Weekend Special: Great Teacher, Short Question, Wild Answer
The question was simple enough. Richard Feynman, one of the greatest science teachers of our age, physicist, scholar, Nobel Laureate, …
Drunk On Biology For St. Patrick’s Day
Have you ever wondered what would happen if Louis Pasteur joined The Clancy Brothers? Or if The Chieftains were more …
When Fruit Flies Strike Out, They Like To Booze It Up
Have pity on these poor fruit flies. Researchers made a bunch of male fruit flies into boozehounds by pushing them …
Just How Big Are The Eyes Of A Giant Squid?
Giant and colossal squids can be more than 40 feet long, if you measure all the way out to the …
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