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Rachael Rettner • October 7, 2008
Big problems can have small solutions. That’s what I learned this week when I visited Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials on Long Island, New York. Research in the […]
Stuart Fox • October 6, 2008
Asks Alex from NYC
Rachel Mahan • October 2, 2008
“Tail today, feet tomorrow. Mutation is good at Spore.com.” These sentences were painted on a billboard I noticed while walking near Cooper Square in Manhattan. I thought to myself that […]
Eric R. Olson • September 30, 2008
At last Friday’s presidential debate Senator John McCain made the following statement, railing against earmarks for pork-barrel spending: “You know, we spent $3 million to study the DNA of bears […]
Andrew Grant • September 29, 2008
Asks Matthew from Virginia
Eric R. Olson • September 26, 2008
The economy is in a tail spin and the weather here in the Northeast today is wet, windy and miserable. Fortunately, today’s blog tidbit takes us to tropical climes and […]
Lindsey Konkel • September 23, 2008
Today’s kids may be able to read, write, and multiply, but will they be able to relate to the environment? The U.S. House of Representatives addressed this question when they […]
Greg Soltis • September 22, 2008
Asks Porterhouse from Brooklyn, New York
Stuart Fox • September 18, 2008
In all likelihood, a creationist from the crystal meth capital of Alaska will be president of the United States in about 18 months. But until then, we can pretend that […]
Eric R. Olson • September 15, 2008
As we flip through newspaper and magazine pages, blogs and TV channels, why are we attracted to some stories and not others? Why does the story about a young woman […]
Adam T. Hadhazy • September 12, 2008
Do you think “Large Hadron Collider” (LHC) is a clunky name for the world’s biggest atom smasher? If so, you might be able to do something about it. The Royal […]
Eric R. Olson • September 9, 2008
It can be a little frustrating to know that our excess energy consumption is almost certainly driving up atmospheric CO2 concentrations, contributing to global warming, and the only thing that […]
Katherine Tweed • September 8, 2008
Asks Thomas from Sherborn, Mass.
Susannah F. Locke • September 1, 2008
Asks Jillian from Philadelphia
Katherine Tweed • August 25, 2008
Asks Spencer from Madison, Wisconsin.