Bridges That Build Themselves
Bridges That Build Themselves
The two oldest types of bridge are the arch bridge and the corbel bridge. It takes a lot of time and effort to build them, but they can last for thousands of years…
Why Don't Science Writers Write About Science Education?
I don't get why science writers don't cover science education.
They cover whatever cool science is the flavor of the moment, they cover disasters and the science behind them, they cover…
Which came first, the scientist or the sensationalist?
Casey Rentz takes that whole chicken-egg silliness (solved! say headlines) and gets to the meat of the issue in Which came first, the scientist or the sensationalist?
It isn't just pageview-whoring…
Healthier Pizza in Lunch Lady Land
Big news, school lunch eaters - your rectangle-shaped pizza will soon be burned and served up cold1 with less sodium! Schwan's Food Service, based in the lovely state of Minnesota, is ahead of…
Among My Souvenirs (chem.)
I expect most of you have heard this song, with its sad words. It’s full of letters sad and blue, a photograph or two, roses, tokens ….
Not for me! But as I am clearing out our chemical…
Ipreo Launches Capital Markets Application On Salesforce.com AppExchange 2
NEW YORK, July 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ipreo, a leading global provider of market intelligence and productivity solutions to investment banks and corporations, announced the launch of a new addition…
International Organizations Agree To Take Concerted Action To End Pediatric HIV/AIDS
VIENNA, July 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A global alliance of international organizations, including the heads of UNICEF, UNAIDS and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as well as…
Bora makes a farewell to Scienceblogs
Scienceblogs.com stalwart Bora Zivkovic has bid farewell to that site, the latest in a series of defections they hyper-dramatize as a 'diaspora' due to recent events, but he says it isn't about…