Modern Squid Ink Unchanged From Jurassic Times

Modern Squid Ink Unchanged From Jurassic Times

Usually "No Change in X" doesn't make a very splashy headline, but when the lack of change occurs over 160,000,000 years and X is squid ink, people get excited. And with good cause. This is the first…
Introducing Life-Dialogues

Introducing Life-Dialogues

I have recently created a blog-site called Life-Dialogues that covers the latest topics in neuroscience, stem cell biology, cancer and molecular biology. So- if you were wondering where all my…
In Defense Of Criticism (And Skepticism)

In Defense Of Criticism (And Skepticism)

My friend Benny (who produces the Rationally Speaking podcast) really hates the word “skepticism.” He understands and appreciates its meaning and long intellectual pedigree (heck, we even did a show…
T-Channel Single Top: The New Atlas Measurement

T-Channel Single Top: The New Atlas Measurement

Top quarks are most often produced in pairs at hadron colliders. The reason of this fact is that the strong interaction, which produces most of the reactions between the projectiles, is flavor-blind…
Sugary Synapse Sabotage

Sugary Synapse Sabotage

High-sugar diets are bad for your waistline but they may be bad for your brain too. Researchers trained rats to successfully navigate a maze and then for six weeks the rats' water was replaced with…
Biochar Blanket Turns Plant Waste Into A Kiln

Biochar Blanket Turns Plant Waste Into A Kiln

When forests are logged, managed or selectively trimmed so they’ll be less susceptible to raging fires, there are usually huge piles of stumps, branches and other wood debris left laying on the…
Academic Inbreeding Alert

Academic Inbreeding Alert

“The practice of having Ph.D. graduates employed by the university that trained them, commonly called ‘academic inbreeding’ has long been suspected to be damaging to scholarly practices and…
Prozac In Your Chicken? Thanks, China

Prozac In Your Chicken? Thanks, China

Sometimes you set out to test for antibiotics but get a bonus; in this case, diphenhydramine, arsenic, and fluoxetine. Yikes. Well, there is a science basis to some of what sounds pretty horrid…