Dirt: A Review

Dirt: A Review

When Susan Senator asked her facebook friends if any would be interested in reading her new novel, I jumped at the chance. She had me with the title. I love gardening, and it has been my solace, my…
How SUSY Gets Excluded: A New ATLAS Search

How SUSY Gets Excluded: A New ATLAS Search

October is passing and the neutrino saga continues to make headlines here and there, but I know that the excitement is bound to slowly dampen, as the preprint claiming superluminal speeds ages in the…
Genes And Human Brain Evolution

Genes And Human Brain Evolution

The evolution of the human brain is the topic of a lot of research. This shouldn’t be surprising since it is so well-developed in human beings, and, as many believe, it is one of the main traits that…
Viruses Taught To Self-Assemble Into Structures

Viruses Taught To Self-Assemble Into Structures

Using a single-step process, researchers recently developed a technique to cause M13 phages to become building blocks for materials with a wide range of properties. These benign viruses self-…