An Early Spring For The Next Century

An Early Spring For The Next Century

The upcoming century could see trees in the continental US producing spring leaves an average of 17 days earlier than in the past century, according to a new study by Princeton University researchers…
IFITM3 Protein: New Idea On How To Beat The Flu

IFITM3 Protein: New Idea On How To Beat The Flu

It's winter in the northern hemisphere and that means flu season.  As influenza spreads through the northern hemisphere winter, researchers in the laboratory of Professor Jose Villadangos at the…
Angry Birds - Now In Real Life Too

Angry Birds - Now In Real Life Too

While male sparrows can fight to the death, a new study shows that they often wave their wings wildly first in an attempt to avoid a dangerous brawl.  Swamp sparrows use wing waves as an…
Tevatron Higgs Sensitivity: Did We Lie In 1999?

Tevatron Higgs Sensitivity: Did We Lie In 1999?

Today the arxiv features the paper describing the final word by the CDF experiment on its searches for the standard model Higgs boson. This paper supersedes previous ones describing searches…
Mediocracy - You Can Get It If You Really Want It

Mediocracy - You Can Get It If You Really Want It

In his 2010 discussion paper Competitive careers as a way to mediocracy Professor of Business Administration, Matthias Kräkel, (presently at the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, Germany), provides…
Gluten-Free: Another Form Of Extreme Dieting

Gluten-Free: Another Form Of Extreme Dieting

When I wrote Celiac: The Trendy Disease For Rich White People, it made a lot of people mad.  Not actual celiac patients, they knew where I was coming from, but rather the fad diet contingent who…
Gluten-Free: Another Form Of Extreme Dieting

Gluten-Free: Another Form Of Extreme Dieting

When I wrote Celiac: The Trendy Disease For Rich White People, it made a lot of people mad.  Not actual celiac patients, they knew where I was coming from, but rather the fad diet contingent who…