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November 12, 2017
The key to youth and beauty may be found in one of the world’s ugliest critters, the naked mole rat. These pink, hairless, and quite unnerving-looking rodents can live nearly 30 years. By comparison... Read more
November 5, 2017
In 1967, a surgeon in South Africa successfully carried out the first human heart transplant. Doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the operation on a 53-year-old man dying from chronic heart disease.... Read more
September 23, 2017
As a molecular biology graduate student, I am often asked what I actually do at work. Badly explained, my daily job is to be a glorified liquid handler. I move tiny volumes of liquids from a large... Read more
September 16, 2017
What do cows, landfills, and petroleum extraction all have in common? Each produces methane, one of the greenhouse gases trapping heat in our atmosphere and warming the planet. This gas is potent: it... Read more
September 9, 2017
They are concealed at the tip of your pencil. They linger in the lubricant in your car. They have been hiding in plain sight your entire life. Two-dimensional materials – a newly discovered class of... Read more
September 2, 2017
Tent, sleeping bags, raingear: check. Flashlight, S’mores, clean water: check. Sunscreen, toothpaste: check.
Finally loaded up for the last camping trip of the summer, you hit the road confidently,... Read more
August 20, 2017
Adam Jakus, PhD, is an alumni of the Shah Tissue Engineering and Additive Manufacturing (TEAM) Lab at Northwestern University and is now the chief technology officer and founder at Dimension Inx, LLC... Read more
August 16, 2017
A total solar eclipse will be sweeping the US mainland on Monday, August 21. Here's our round-up of need to know details:
1. Where will it be?
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes... Read more
July 8, 2017
Imagine a new flu virus is sweeping the country. You’re a public health communications expert at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s your job to improve public safety by increasing... Read more
June 30, 2017
Here follows a story so surreal it's hard to believe it's true:
Once upon a time the King of Denmark was Harald Blåtand, or Harald I. His family's rule was more like a dynasty. Born in 910CE (or... Read more
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