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Eric R. Olson • February 9, 2008
Here are the tastiest technology tidbits, pulled from this past week’s news headlines. There was a lot of buzz about a knee brace that can generate electricity for personal electronic […]
Natalie Peretsman • February 6, 2008
- Asks Ashley from New York
Eric R. Olson • February 5, 2008
As the Bush administration’s veritable war on science moves into its final year and we start selecting new leadership, many wonder what science policy will look like in a new […]
Katherine Tweed • February 4, 2008
Ever tried to recycle a television? I don’t mean actually breaking apart the pieces to use again, I mean just bringing it to a place that will responsibly dispose of […]
Natalie Peretsman • January 30, 2008
By the time I reached the summit of Gros Piton, about 2,600 feet above sea level, my legs felt like Jell-o. But there I was, standing on one of St. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]