The Tennessee Girls Who Won World War II
On this day in 1945, an atomic bomb on Hiroshima began the countdown to the end of World War II. Of the Axis Powers, Italy had surrendered in 1943 and Germany in April of 1945. Only Japan remained,…
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RIP Murray Gell-Mann, A Great Physicist Who Taught Science Journalists How To Do Better
RIP to Professor Murray Gell-Mann, who passed away last week and was famed (including a Nobel prize) for quark theory.
I never met him, but if you spent time at Caltech you probably did. He was…
So Long Antibodies, Welcome Frankenbody
Our bodies can deploy biomolecules to find, tag and destroy invading pathogens. They work by binding to specific targets, called epitopes, on the surfaces of antigens - like locks to keys.
Prestige Or Dishonour - First Footsteps On Mars
Yes it would be an exciting day when the first human steps on the surface of Mars, and a matter of prestige for those concerned. This is something I have read about since a child, and would be as…