A Mathematics Cure For Jet Lag

A Mathematics Cure For Jet Lag

Plagued by jet lag?   If we can send a rocket to the moon why can't we figure out how to fly to different time zones and still be fresh?  Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the…
Fossil Sites of the Pacific Northwest

Fossil Sites of the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is an area of extreme natural beauty and rich fossil deposits. While we do not have the dinosaur bragging rights of our cousins to the east and south, we have beautiful plant,…
UAE First Country to Ratify IRENA Statute

UAE First Country to Ratify IRENA Statute

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- - Leaders from five continents back UAE's offer to world's first international renewable energy agency The United Arab Emirates today…
A Fossil More Amazing than Ida

A Fossil More Amazing than Ida

More incredible finds from the Messel Pit: "These 49 million-year-old freshwater turtle fossils are believed to have died of poisoning during copulation." (Photograph: Jonathan Blair/Corbis,…
IQ and the Values of Nations: Part II

IQ and the Values of Nations: Part II

In the first article on this topic, I suggested that we can measure what people prefer and value, but we don’t know the “why” behind those preferences and values. An evolutionary psychologist…
Fossils Don't Beat DNA

Fossils Don't Beat DNA

I have a hard time believing this is for real: Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo Museum of Science say we've been making a mistake using DNA to contend that humans…
The Academic Political Ecosystem

The Academic Political Ecosystem

Over at the Monkey Cage: Fact: Academicians tend to be politically differentiated according to discipline, with those in the social sciences and humanities on the left, those in the natural sciences…