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Rachel Mahan • October 20, 2008
Asks Elizabeth from Maryland
Carina Storrs • October 14, 2008
In the early 1980s, bets would probably have been on virologist Robert Gallo, then at the National Cancer Institute, to win a Nobel Prize. At a time when scientists were […]
Natalie Peretsman • October 13, 2008
Asks William from California
Allison Bond • October 9, 2008
Certain odors can bring back memories of birthday parties past or help us gauge the freshness of last week’s leftovers. Recent research into smells, however, reveals the other impacts they […]
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 […]