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Rachel Mahan • March 8, 2008
Every time I think about becoming a vegetarian, it looks good on paper and even feels good in practice for a few days. But then my stomach rolls over, begging […]
Susannah F. Locke • March 7, 2008
Tuna farming advances, but strict fishing regulations might be the only hope for this sushi fish.
Katherine Tweed • March 6, 2008
I was pretty excited in January when New York City announced that it would require grocery stores to recycle plastic bags. Now, it seems like small potatoes when Gordon Brown, […]
Karina Hamalainen • March 4, 2008
It’s a catchy title, isn’t it? Somewhere between that and the full-page advertisement in the New Scientist, I was persuaded to buy the book How to Fossilize your Hamster: And […]
Stuart Fox • March 3, 2008
Bacteria get a bad rap. Sure, the bubonic plague and cholera have killed untold millions of people, but a lot of other bugs do things we appreciate. They keep our […]
Stuart Fox • March 3, 2008
- Asks Paul in New York, NY
Stuart Fox • February 29, 2008
We’ve come a long way from Jack Palance dragging a giant Oscar with his teeth. As the opening sequence of Sunday’s Oscars showed, visual effects are now as important to […]
Eric R. Olson • February 28, 2008
How one woman brought two worlds together.
Rachel Mahan • February 25, 2008
- Asks Carol from New Athens, IL
Jessie Jiang • February 22, 2008
Are baby videos bad for babies? The answer may depend on how interactive the show is.
Stuart Fox • February 20, 2008
Last Friday, while the staff of Scienceline was at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Boston, science in general and science journalism in particular got […]
Victoria Stern • February 20, 2008
Researchers link chronic loneliness to a change in gene activity.
Christopher Intagliata • February 19, 2008
Barnacles could easily have been the stars of those flickering high school science films about the magic of reproduction – they have longer penises than any other animal in relation […]
Eric R. Olson • February 18, 2008
Our oceans are in trouble and climate change is playing a big part. This broad theme dominated many of the scientific talks I caught this weekend at the American Association […]
Monica Heger • February 18, 2008
- Asks Stephanie from Claremont, CA