Convincing the Public to Accept New Medical Guidelines
When it comes to new treatment guidelines for breast cancer, back pain and other maladies, it's the narrative presentation that matters.
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The Science of Green Microbes
Terry Hazen finds, studies and then uses microbes to clean up pollution deep underground, to refine oil before it is pumped and to produce the next generation of green fuels. He catches alligators sometimes, too. ...
A Scientist and Ewe Walk Into a Bar …
It's no joke: Researchers give Viagra to pregnant sheep and find that the drug boosts vital nutrients needed for fetal development.
Launching Pad: Obama Gives Space Plans Some Gravity
President Obama visited Cape Canaveral to address his critics and clarify his canceling of the Constellation program meant to send Americans back to the moon, and his vision for the future of space exploration.
Peak Wood and the Bronze Age
The Mycenaean world was built on a solid base of bronze, but that edifice was found to have wooden feet.
Beating Back Space Invaders
Giant rocks or snowballs in space, while more likely to hit in Hollywood than anywhere else on Earth, remain a threat that policymakers are taking seriously.
Whipping Up Kindness in the Lab
Oxytocin, already dubbed the 'cuddle hormone,' may deserve a new moniker as the 'kindness molecule.'
Shining Light on Clean Energy Superbugs
Overcoming some of the obstacles that have hindered petri-dish-to-gas-pump schemes in the past, scientists are finding ways to produce high-octane fuel and even pure hydrogen from co-opted algae.
Immigration and the Missing Ph.D.s
Post 9/11, the United States has been chasing foreign-born scholars away, much to the nation's detriment.
The Limits of Empathy for Outsiders
Two new studies — one sociological, another using brain scans — document and help explain our lack of empathy for perceived outsiders.