Science
Study: Mega Volcanoes Could be Responsible for Half of All Extinctions
Death from above joined by death from below
"Baby Boom" of Stars Occurred After Big Bang
Oldest stars not much younger than the universe
Why Do People Believe Scientifically Untrue Things?
Because to do otherwise would be immoral.
French Researchers Say Early HIV Drugs "Functionally Cured" About a Tenth of Patients
Most infected find out after the virus has spread throughout the body
Carnival Cruise Ship Stalls
Hasn't been the best year for the cruise line so far
The Supreme Court Considers Biotech Seed Patents
What are the limits to patents on self-replicating technologies?
Young Child Appears to be Cured of HIV
The two-and-a-half-year old girl has been off medication for about a year
British University Asking for Volunteers to Take Cocaine
Want to research how the drug spreads through the body
New Journal Trying to Change Peer Review Process
Embargo on research about to be published not really looked kindly upon
Large Hadron Collider Shutting Down For Two Years
Long Shutdown 1, for maintenance
2012 DA14 Will Avoid Impact With Earth
Will miss by 17,150 miles, closer than many satellites
Meteor Shower Injures Hundreds in Central Russia
Shockwave shattered glass and shook buildings
New Research Brings Dinosaur Extinction and Suspected Asteroid Impact to Within 33,000 Years of Each Other
About as close as modern technology will allow
Do We Live in a Post-Truth Era?
Experts manufacture whatever facts an activist, politician, or bureaucrat needs.
Harvard Gets $100 Million to Study Why Football Players Die Earlier Than Other Men
Being hit repeatedly in the head over a career might have something to do with it
Are Republican and Democratic Brains Different?
A new study concludes that everyone uses reason to persuade, not to find truth.
Government Retiring Research Chimps
Use of chimps for research falling out of fashion
