This is the week of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Boston, bringing with it a spike in news of near space, far space, and places in between. Here is … Read More
Here is a delightful story on classical science experiments with tension but, alas, an awful long wait between highlight reels. Also, not much that counts as practical information for nearly … Read More
Exotic history and violent conflict between civilizations can spice any tale, including a medical story. This one makes a good read. A Harvard-trained Mexican physician, reports Jo Tuckerman in the Globe, is … Read More
With worries high over West Nile Virus and encephalitis in the US, and over malaria in much of the world, what we clearly need is a good mosquito repellent. In … Read More
It’s not ready yet for human testing but, reports the Globe’s Gareth Cook, a team of Boston researchers has a lotion that turned the skin of mice darker. It may also … Read More
The Globe’s columnist Cathy Young suggests the odds were stacked in a National Academy panel’s makeup when it examined the reason that fewer women than men get into the top slots in … Read More
The Boston Globe, in an account by freelancer and scientific fraud sleuth Eugenie Samuel Reich, details suspicions and accusations concerning research honesty that are swirling at Oak Ridge National Lab. A team … Read More
The lingering population of northern right whales is getting a break, reports the Globe’s Beth Daley. Its members often loiter offshore of Massachusetts in shipping lanes — with frequently lethal results. … Read More
An interesting profile of how a distinctly speculative hypothesis gained momentum is in today’s Globe by writer — presumably a freelancer — Catherine Elton. She tells of a local cancer researcher … Read More
Alaskan and other subsistance hunters in the Arctic still shoot and lance bowhead whales with exploding, brass projectiles fashioned after those of 19th-century Yankee whalers. Recently, they found an example … Read More
