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Why Heat Waves Make You Miserable
Scientists are studying how much heat and humidity the human body can take.
Artful Engineering
In a single undergraduate course last fall, students tackled all of the following: engineering nanofood particles to combat childhood obesity...
Modern Milk
The milk we drink today may not be nature’s perfect food,” says Ganmaa Davaasambuu, a Mongolian physician who is a fellow this year...
The Healthy Tan
A lotion that tans your skin without exposure to the sun and protects you against skin cancer sounds like the sort of miracle product...
Willing to War
Our minds favor hawks over doves, argues a recent Foreign Policy article. Past psychological research has shown that when it comes to the...
A Personal Genome Machine?
In a laboratory behind the Science Center, researchers are working on a high-stakes project at the nexus of physics and biology. If all goes...
"The Gates of Paradise"
The main baptistery doors of the Duomo in Florence, created by Lorenzo Ghiberti between 1425 and 1452, are among the masterpieces that ushered...
Laugh for Your Lungs' Sake
Stress headaches, stress fractures, and stress-induced heart attacks already register with the general public. Now new research suggests that...
The Lucky Effect
Pretend that you’re five years old. A grownup in a white coat tells you about Jane, who found $5 on the sidewalk; Johnny, who was splashed...
Figs were the first cultivated plant
New archaeobotanical evidence pushes the origins of agriculture back to 11,400 years ago, when humans living in a village eight miles north of...
Unleashing Light
The light microscope launched modern biology in the seventeenth century, letting scientists view the components of life that exist far beyond...