[Thanks to Steven Pinker for suggesting the Edge Annual Question â€" 2006.] STEVEN PINKER Psychologist, Harvard University; Author, The Blank Slate Groups...
The accident happened during the construction of a railroad in Vermont, in 1848, and it happened fast: A three-foot-long tamping iron sparked an explosion,...
By OLIVIA JUDSON Published: January 1, 2006 IF chimpanzees observed New Year's Day, they would have much to reflect on. In 2005, they joined humans, chickens...
[The quagga is one of the lamer extinct animals, IMO - JM] "Reinhold Rau is one of the last of his breed. He was once part of a team of seven taxidermists who,...
In medical research, nobody is convinced by a single experiment. A finding has to be reproducible to be believable. Only if different scientists in different...
Dec. 30, 2005 â€" Laughter is either genuine or consciously feigned, according to a new analysis that details how laughter has evolved over the past seven...
A cheek swab by longevity specialist Elaine Chin could pinpoint the illness that will one day end a patient's life. But, as CAROLYN ABRAHAM reveals, the...
By re-enacting an evolutionary event that happened to wheat thousands of years ago, researchers are producing new plant varieties that could save lives in...
Logic is the loser in uncertain situations, says Roger Highfield Investing money, changing jobs, getting married: all big decisions that can mark a leap into ...
Weekend Edition - Sunday, January 1, 2006 · While debate rages in this country over teaching science and so-called "intelligent design," the Roman Catholic...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 - If the mere sight of Tai Shan, the roly-poly, goofily gamboling masked bandit of a panda cub now on view at the National Zoo isn't enough...
DOVER, Pa. - Dover's much-maligned school policy of presenting "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution was officially relegated to the history...
Ever since John Stuart Mill identified Britain's Conservatives as "the stupid party," it has been fashionable for leftists to deride their political opponents...
I have always maintained that extraterrestrials are probably landing on earth daily, it's just that we don't recognize them as such. What I mean is random...
The lesson of the Korean cloning scandal. By William Saletan Posted Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, at 4:11 PM ET When Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk announced last...
OVER THE last few years, due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many commentators have discerned the emergence of a new American empire. Some critics blame...
How brain scans are reinventing the science of lie detection. By Steve Silberman Feature: Don't Even Think About Lying Plus: The Cortex Cop I'm flat on my back...
Home Office denies racial bias James Randerson, science correspondent Thursday January 5, 2006 The Guardian The DNA profiles of nearly four in 10 black men in...
y CARL ZIMMER Published: January 3, 2006 Why, Michael Lynch wants to know, don't we look like bacteria? Evolutionary biologists generally agree that humans and...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/cshl-wg010406.php "It appears that TFRs might be the passive signatures of one or more poorly understood...
[SciBlog] Near Ovulation, Your Cheatin' Heart Will Tell on You New research from UCLA and the University of New Mexico suggests that members of "the gentler...
[SciBlog] Biologists and agricultural scientists work more than everyone Computer scientists and engineers work more than mathematicians or psychologists do,...
Researchers have gained a major insight into the evolution of cats by showing how they migrated to new continents and developed new species as sea levels rose...
Female hormones circulating in the brain determine masculine behavior, at least in mice. Estrogen--the quintessential female hormone responsible for regulating...
By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT Published: January 8, 2006 Information Asymmetries: Our book "Freakonomics" includes a chapter titled "How Is the Ku...
In a new take on hibernation, biologists now believe that mammals are not the only ones who use the winter months to store up energy. Birds, and even humans,...
THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW Leon Kass sounds a warning about the perils of biotechnology. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007782...
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