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Rachel Mahan • January 30, 2008
A Crohn’s disease drug has a troubled past — and scientists may know why.
Stuart Fox • January 28, 2008
Say what you will about proponents of Creationism and Intelligent Design, at least they seem to understand how science works. Rather than simply pointing to the Bible whenever asked to […]
Adam T. Hadhazy • January 28, 2008
– Asks BJ from Santa Monica, California
Adam T. Hadhazy • January 25, 2008
I see a flowering plant; a botanist sees a growth of poison hemlock, in the genus Conium and with typical foliation. This flora contains a potent neurotoxin, administered by the […]
Jessie Jiang • January 25, 2008
The discovery of how pheromones work in mice may speed up human stroke recovery.
Andrew Grant • January 23, 2008
I was just noshing on a bit of health food – a dark chocolate bar – when I read that my sweet snack may not be as good for me […]
Victoria Stern • January 23, 2008
After the red wine craze, new drugs hold more promise to fight the effects of aging.
Rachel Mahan • January 22, 2008
As the doldrums of January and February set in, this journalist will have fond memories of reporting challenges during the holidays.
Victoria Stern • January 21, 2008
- Asks Amanda from Philadelphia
Monica Heger • January 18, 2008
I spent the first three days of the New Year camping in Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. It was my first time and I expected to be out […]
Molika Ashford • January 18, 2008
A new, smaller design approaches wind energy from a different direction.
Christopher Intagliata • January 17, 2008
Darwin famously wrote in the Origin of Species “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, […]
Stuart Fox • January 16, 2008
For the first time in America, a natural history museum is handing out diplomas.
Stuart Fox • January 15, 2008
Blinded by the red carpet and dresses no one could hope to afford and even fewer could hope to fit into, most people forget that the Oscars are run by […]
Christopher Intagliata • January 14, 2008
No, it’s not a medieval legend or a chess game – it’s a bee colony in South Africa. A recent study on the Cape Bee subspecies (Apis mellifera capensis) shows […]