Month: November 2007

Microbiologists have come up with a dirty new weapon in the war on MRSA, according to reports in Scientific American and Science News. The flesh-eating […]

Science News recently had a report on Michael Worobey’s work tracking AIDS. The common conception of this disease is that it struck America in the […]

The Interesting Thing of the Day blog presents an interesting solution to a problem that’s deeper than most people realize. The problem is all the […]

Yep, scientists at UC San Diego seem to have found a way around the uncanny valley problem (the more “human” a robot, the creepier it […]

The Chicago Tribune recently had a piece on Russia’s latest contribution to today’s space race. They’re prepping for a Mars flight by locking six people […]

OK, sorry for that headline. New Scientist reports that a University of South Florida researcher has found a way to replace human corneas with sea […]

So sings Science Daily, reporting on new research reaffirming something plenty of superstitious types like me already know all too well. It’s actually good for […]

You may have already noticed this, either by reading Sky & Telescope or by looking out at Perseus in the northeast sky over the past […]

New Scientist again challenges assumptions – in a more serious vein this time – asking about the effects of dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) on the dolphins. […]

New Scientist pulls the covers back from an evolutionary mystery – how the spiny anteater’s penis works. Apparently, it does its magic two heads at […]

Scientific American reports on another look at the origins of violent behavior in children… and rather than blaming food additives, junk TV or general social […]