Stephen Hawking: Exploring An ‘Unfettered Mind’
Make a list of the world’s most popular scientists and it’s likely Stephen Hawking’s name will be near or at …
Rain Drives Cattle Prices Up
Rain is good for farmers, but is starting to impact cattle prices, if only for the time being.
Twins Data Reshaping Nature Versus Nurture Debate
Almost 150 years ago, English scientist Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” — and proposed that research on …
Double-Blind Violin Test: Can You Pick The Strad?
In the world of violins, the names Stradivari and Guarneri are sacred. For three centuries, violin-makers and scientists have studied …
Biotech Firms Caught In Regulatory No Man’s Land
Companies making genetically modified animals face a regulatory morass in this country. It’s not always clear which federal agency has …
What Vietnam Taught Us About Breaking Bad Habits
It’s a tradition as old as New Year’s: making resolutions. We will not smoke, or sojourn with the bucket of …
For Lab Mice, The Medical Advances Keep Coming
When scientists want to test new therapies for cancer or heart disease, they frequently turn to mice for help. For …
The Perfect Champagne Pour: It’s A Science, Not An Art
Here’s something to impress — or annoy — your friends this New Year’s Eve: the science behind the champagne pour. …
Debunked Science: Studies Take Heat In 2011
2011 may go down as the year of the retraction in the scientific world. Among the highly publicized discoveries that …
My New Year’s Is 62 Million Times Bigger Than Yours, Said The Man From Beijing
The New Year comes, of course, at midnight. But because we have different time zones, we have many different midnights …
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