Since Talk Like a Pirate Day fell on a Monday this week, it got supplanted by Mineral Monday, but pirates can’t be ignored for long…
![Cinnabar Crystal on Dolomite [Image credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com]](http://scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cinnabar-Dolomite-220558-160x90.jpg)
Fall is here, and that means Mineral Mondays are back! This Monday features the exquisitely named cinnabar.
We just published a monthly iPad app
Scienceline gets (slightly) more tech-savvy
Easier, less invasive STD test may be an overlooked winner
A recent study adds to growing support for the use of vaginal swabs for STD testing, over the more invasive endocervical swab
Are you a super seer?
Why some people see fewer colors than others and why women are more likely to be super seers
What is oral allergy syndrome?
Actually it’s a lot like “The Fugitive”
What the heck is the polymerase chain reaction?
This molecular line dance is the most important process in genetic science
