How does cancer actually kill you?

How does cancer actually kill you?

Cancer is scary, right? One of the reasons that cancer is so viscerally frightening is that it is so tightly associated with death. But how does cancer actually kill a person? This may seem like an…
What Is Anti-Science?

What Is Anti-Science?

Too often we see the "anti-science" label being tossed around and invariably we get behind our respective barricades and prepare for the barrage of arguments thrown at each side. However, the…
Generating Solar Power...Underwater

Generating Solar Power...Underwater

It sounds like a child’s question: can you generate solar power underwater? The answer, according to Phillip Jenkins and his team at the US Naval Research Laboratory, is yes. The researchers recently…
European Testing For 'Racial Purity': A Concern

European Testing For 'Racial Purity': A Concern

In the giant 'Europeans are far more anti-science than Americans' file, we can now add another section on racism. Science can use genetic testing to understand risk factors - some groups have a…