The Great Sperm Whale, Noble Cows & Hybrid Zebras, Radioactive, Science-Mart
The Great Sperm Whale, Noble Cows & Hybrid Zebras, Radioactive, Science-Mart
Associate professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University. Age: 34
In August 1972, Uruguayan medical student Henry Engler’s education was interrupted. He was shot in the shoulder, arrested for being a Tupamaro antigovernment urban guerrilla, and imprisoned for 13 years—11 in solitary confinement. Engler says he j
During the Middle Ages, alchemists developed sophisticated ways to tap the medicinal powers of the Earth’s bounty. Liber de Arte Distillandi, published in 1512, is a layman’s guide to the preparation of these natural medicines.
Two lizard taxonomists champion the use of Bayesian species delimitation to settle taxonomic debates.
Around the turn of the 20th century—before sunscreens hit the market and the damaging effects of UV radiation were widely appreciated—physicians saw the sun mostly as a source of healing. Sunlit spas nestled high in the mountains became very popula
In Chapter 3, “Credibility: Validating Discovery Claims,” author Frederick Grinnell details the difficulty in making discoveries that buck current scientific paradigms.
Quirk, Darwin's Armada, The Death & Life of Monterey Bay, Elegance in Science
A newly minted PhD finds a 150-billion-base-pair-long DNA molecule in a plant.