Breakthrough in Work on What Makes People Gay
Research suggests trait comes from opposite-sex parents
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The End of Physics?
Large Hadron Collider so far confirming the Standard Model exactly
Blue Science and Red Science
Examining the Democratic and Republican platforms on stem cells, space, and more
Fossils Found in Spain Linked to Panda
Remains are of the closest known relative of the panda so far, researchers say
Science Wins in California—Proposition 37 Fails
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting this morning that Proposition 37 that - on specious "right-to-know" grounds - would have required labeling foods containing ingredients from biotech enhanced crops has failed.
Winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry Announced
Two American scientists have won the prize for their work on proteins
Genetic Testing Answers Old Question: Who Do You Think You Are?
Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey files his third and final dispatch from the Consumer Genetics Conference.
Winners of Nobel Prize in Physics Announced
Serge Haroche and David Wineland have been recognized for their work on the relationship between light and matter on the subatomic level
Who's Afraid of Your Genome?
Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey files his second dispatch from the Consumer Genetics Conference.
Scientists Turn Mice Skin Cells into Eggs
Another advance for fertility treatment
Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong
A review of The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman.
Scientists Who Didn't Predict Earthquake Face Jail in Italy
Why not just burn them as witches?
Japanese Scientists Believe They've Created Element 113
May have synthesized missing atom from periodic table
New "Sars-like" Virus Found in UK
Man from Qatar has been diagnosed with the virus, which has already killed one patient in Saudi Arabia
Firing, Resignations at Troubled Mass. Crime Lab
Investigation over mishandling of drug samples
New Species of Monkey Discovered
Though apparently the locals knew it was there all along
Further Evidence for Higgs Boson
No, God himself did not chime in on the particle
The Cloud Over Football
Because modern players are bigger and faster, they may be inflicting even worse brain damage on each other.
U. of Texas Drops Investigation into Gay Parenting Study
No sign the writer of heavily criticized report on the happiness of children of gay families engaged in misconduct
