Science 2.0 And Intel #TailgateTheScienceFair

Science 2.0 And Intel #TailgateTheScienceFair

Last Friday and Saturday, the 2015 Synopsys Sac STEM Fair was held at Folsom High School. I moved here from the football town of Pittsburgh and one thing everyone in football fandom knows about…
How Do You Win A March Madness Bracket? Guess

How Do You Win A March Madness Bracket? Guess

By Chris Gorski Inside Science Currents Blog -- It's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament time and fans have lots of questions. Will Kentucky win it all and finish the season undefeated? Will one of the…
Where Is The Generic Version Of Insulin?

Where Is The Generic Version Of Insulin?

Insulin has been in use since 1923 so why isn't it generic? It is a corporate conspiracy, say government-funded academics. It is constantly being improved because so many people rely on it, which…
Research Ethics: A New Model For Reviews

Research Ethics: A New Model For Reviews

Research ethics have come a long way since the dubious and troubling research experiments of the 1940s, and the now infamous Milgram obedience experiments of the 1960s. The public today has reason to…
How Millennials Get News

How Millennials Get News

Millennials are anything but "newsless," passive, or uninterested in civic issues, according to a new comprehensive study of the information habits of people age 18-34. The research looks closely at…
Uranium And The Natural Nuclear Reactor

Uranium And The Natural Nuclear Reactor

Uranium is the element having 92 protons in its nucleus with typically 146 neutrons.  It is the largest naturally occurring element.  Like naturally occurring Thorium, uranium is…
Artificial Light At Night May Be Making Us Sick

Artificial Light At Night May Be Making Us Sick

Modern life and inadequate exposure to natural light during the day combined with overexposure to artificial light at night is believed by some to be harmful to the body's natural sleep/wake cycle.…
Sorry U.K. Celts, You're Probably Not

Sorry U.K. Celts, You're Probably Not

Whither The Celts? In the 1980s there was a terrific British documentary called simply "The Celts", made because of ongoing fascination by entitled western elites with indigenous people and perhaps…