Research
“Science doesn't emerge from single new findings that become 'breakthrough' stories in the media, but rather from developments that mature over months or years, with different sources of experimental validation.” — Virginia Barbour
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Overhyped Placebos of Doom?
October 28, 2009
Despite centuries of investigation, scientists still have much to learn about the origins and meaning of the placebo effect.
cognition, public perception, research, research blogging, truth
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Saturn’s Strange Children
October 21, 2009
Spacecraft observations of giant tenuous rings, two-toned moons, and methane fogs are showing Saturn’s moons to be even more alien than previously believed.
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A Writing Revolution
October 20, 2009
Nearly universal literacy is a defining characteristic of today’s modern civilization; nearly universal authorship will shape tomorrow's.
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Up the Cosmic Distance Ladder
October 19, 2009
The development of astronomy can be seen as a millennia-long quest to measure and know the true scale of the natural world.
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Evolved for Extinction?
October 14, 2009
Could the novel evolutionary adaptations of animals like the Galapagos tortoise and the Komodo dragon actually leave these species more vulnerable to extinction?
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Folding Our Way to a Revolution
October 12, 2009
With a few strands of nucleic acids and some ingenious programming, DNA origami is remaking nanotechnology, from drug delivery to chip design.
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Microbial Warfare
October 07, 2009
Antibiotic resistance is more than just a medical scourge; it’s also a window into a war microbes have been waging against each other for hundreds of millions of years.
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The Dead Zone Dilemma
September 30, 2009
Is saving our atmosphere killing our seas? Biofuels may stifle global warming, but scientists warn that agricultural runoff causes new problems.
climate, consensus, ecology, research, research blogging, risk
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Blueprinting Biology
September 28, 2009
Scientists develop a visual language for mapping biological systems that they hope will become “the circuit diagrams of biology.”
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This Image Is Not Moving
September 16, 2009
Optical illusions may seem to deceive, but they actually reveal truths about how our brains construct reality.
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Molecular Mimicry
September 09, 2009
New biological research has revealed mimicry at the molecular scale that could have profound implications for medicine and industry.
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Acupuncture: Real or Sham?
September 02, 2009
Controls for acupuncture studies are improving. Their results are not. How are peer reviewers reacting?
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(Tele)Present at the Future
August 26, 2009
Attending a virtual conference—and what it tells us about the future of scientific communication.
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The Wagnerian Method
August 20, 2009
Physicists investigate the grand artistic vision of one of the most influential artists of the last two centuries.
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Signal to Noise
August 19, 2009
What we’re learning about pancreatic cancer now—and why the cure remains so elusive.
disease, genetics, public perception, research, research blogging
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Truth or Lies
August 17, 2009
A new study raises the question of whether being honest is a conscious decision at all.
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Milk’s Murky Origins
August 12, 2009
Why do only some adults drink milk? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
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Not So Fast
August 11, 2009
The NIH aims to map the connectivity of the human brain in five years. But a definitive atlas of the brain will remain out of our grasp for a long time.
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Knowing How to Pick a Fight
August 04, 2009
Paul Ehrlich believes in provocation and speculation, forcing us to consider: If not for the provocateurs, would we pay attention?
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Supersizing Quantum Behavior
July 29, 2009
A groundbreaking Caltech experiment may detect quantum physics where classical mechanics has ruled sovereign.
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