Should evolution be taught in high school?

Should evolution be taught in high school?

Microbiologist Carl Woese is well known as an iconoclast. Indeed, few biologists have so thoroughly shaken the tree of life as he did when he proposed that there are not two major branches --…
Space Suit Helps Rehabilitate Stroke Victims

Space Suit Helps Rehabilitate Stroke Victims

Each year, technologies initially intended for space exploration come into our everyday lives - if you still haven't tried Tang or pens that write upside down, you are living in a cave. One…
Switchyard For Single Electrons

Switchyard For Single Electrons

Scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) achieved to transfer very small charge "packets", comprising a well-defined number of few electrons, between metallic electrons precisely…
Prototype For Nano-Newton Force Measuring Device

Prototype For Nano-Newton Force Measuring Device

When chemists want to measure the bonding forces in molecules or other most minuscule forces very accurately, they have to calibrate their measuring instruments (for example the cantilevers, i.e. the…
'Electronic Tongue' Can Tell Old Brandy From New

'Electronic Tongue' Can Tell Old Brandy From New

Researchers from St. Petersburg State University have designed a brandy analyzing device which can distinguish the ‘young’ drink from the seasoned one and even to distinguish among variants of brandy…