Gary Steigman, Who Teased Out the Universe’s Dark Secrets, Dies ...
By DENNIS OVERBYE Dr. Steigman helped show that most matter in the universe was not made of atoms, […]
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Dr. Joseph Lifschutz, Who Asserted Confidentiality Right for Therapists, Dies ...
By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Lifschutz spent a weekend in jail in 1969 defending his position that a privilege […]
Daily Activity Summary for April 27, 2017
These are the results of my activities* for April 27, 2017: Total steps: 5449 Calories burned: 2275 Traveled: […]
AM Rain/Snow for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 10°C and a low of […]
Exploring the Antennae
Some 60 million light-years away in the southerly constellation Corvus, two large galaxies are colliding. Stars in the […]
Hunting Mushrooms, and What Makes Some Glow in the Dark
By JOANNA KLEIN Scientists may have had more luck tracking down how some fungi glow than you may […]
Ancient Horse DNA Shows Scythian Warriors Were Adept Domesticators
By KENNETH CHANG Modern genetic tools have provided new details of how domestication changes animals as they become […]
Neanderthals in California? Maybe So, Provocative Study Says
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A startling new report asserts that the first known Americans arrived much, much earlier […]
No Bones About It: Scientists Recover Ancient DNA From Cave ...
By GINA KOLATA With a new technique, German researchers isolated Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA from sediment alone, opening […]
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Plastic Bags, Researchers Say
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH Wax worms are able to break down the bonds in a popular synthetic polymer, […]