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It is an exciting time for all things neuroscience. President Obama’s BRAIN initiative is dedicated to funding much-needed research on the brain—what Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes...

If I told you that you could be in many different places at once, you would probably laugh aloud and promptly deem me insane. As preposterous as the idea sounds, it is possible in the world of quantum...

U.S. Grid Struggles to Cope with Changing Times, Electricity Generation With the constant unveiling of new “smart” devices such as adaptive thermostats, refrigerators decked out with cameras that can be...

In 1917, the “Radium Girls” were plastered over the covers of newspapers all across the United States. They were factory workers painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint; to get fine paintbrush...

Where Two Dimensions Don’t Fall Flat The intuitive classification of matter as solid, liquid, or gas, and the transition between these states, is a simple comfort of classical physics. At temperatures far...

The rise of the reusable rocket is ushering in a new era of spaceflight. In the past, rockets were typically single-use and discarded after carrying their payload into space. Rockets consisted of multiple...

“The Shocking Effect of Soy on BOTH Sexes!”   “10 Reasons to Never Drink Soy Milk”   We’ve all seen news headlines like these and we’re all thoroughly confused. Soy is one...

It doesn’t take much to get people excited about exoplanets. The idea of a planet orbiting another star is cool enough; bonus points if said planet is inside the star’s habitable zone, where liquid water...

Caliginous clouds of smoke and smog emanating from overworked factories illustrate a common depiction of the adverse effects of fossil fuel dependence. This mental image is well-deserved; this dependence has...

If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we cure cancer? It’s been forty-five years since President Nixon started the “War on Cancer” by signing the National Cancer Act of 1971, which has since...