Happy Belated 40th Birthday To The Internet!
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Current Events & History & Media & Science & Technology | November 3, 2009
Dennis Baron wishes the internet a happy birthday!
Archive for the 'Science' Category
The Discovery of Insulin
Filed in A-Featured & Biography & Health & History & Medical Mondays | November 2, 2009
An excerpt from Diabetes: The Biography.
Two thumbs up?
Researchers predict that by 2013 we’ll all be tweeting
Filed in A-Featured & Blogs & Current Events & Science & Technology | October 27, 2009
Dennis Baron, author of A Better Pencil, talks about whether or not we’ll all be authors by 2013.
Afghanistan and Vietnam: On Presidents and Pitfalls
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Geography & History & Media & Politics & Science | October 27, 2009
Harm de Blij looks at Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Golgi: An Excerpt
Filed in A-Featured & Biography & History & Medical Mondays & Science & Technology | October 26, 2009
An excerpt from Golgi: A Biography of the Founder of Modern Neuroscience.
Why Republicans Shouldn’t “dance”
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Art & Leisure & Media & Music & Politics & Sociology | October 22, 2009
Jennifer Fisher looks at Tom DeLay’s appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”.
How We Look At Health Care
Filed in A-Featured & American History & Current Events & Health & Media & Politics & Psychology | October 21, 2009
A post about health care from author Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.
How Ferrets Identified a Virus
Filed in A-Featured & History & Medical Mondays & Science | October 19, 2009
An excerpt from Viruses, Plagues, and History, showing how pigs, dogs, and ferrets helped identify influenza as a virus.
Redefining Death — Again
Filed in A-Featured & Medical Mondays & Philosophy & Psychology & Science | October 19, 2009
How do we define death?
Not a Chimp, Not Even Close
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Science | October 16, 2009
Jeremy Taylor on how “Ardi” proves chimps and humans are far less similar than we have been led to believe.
