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Article:

A Life More Colorful

Human beings normally see in color. We are natural trichromats-- we have three different color receptors that permit...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 21 Mar 2006 • Read →

Curio:

Decisions, Decisions

Recently I decided to buy a new home and a new printer for my computer. Guess which decision took the most effort? If...

Written by Greg Bjerg • 20 Mar 2006 • Read →

Article:

The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon

You may have heard about Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon before. In fact, you probably learned about it for the first time...

Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Mar 2006 • Read →

Curio:

Computer Dating

Every year, millions of people use services like eHarmony and Match.com hoping to find romance by answering a questio...

Written by Greg Bjerg • 17 Mar 2006 • Read →

Article:

China’s Sorrow

Natural disasters are tragedies that usually strike randomly and infrequently - unless you happen to live in the Huan...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 15 Mar 2006 • Read →

Curio:

Volcanic Winter

In France, on 6 April 1815, Napoleon surrendered his throne in favor of his sons. The coalition that opposed him were...

Written by Jason Bellows • 14 Mar 2006 • Read →

Article:

Shortness of Dark

Depending on who you ask, the first practical light bulb was invented by Joseph Wilson Swan of Britain in 1878, or Th...

Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Mar 2006 • Read →

Curio:

Do You See What I Hear?

Human beings are very metaphoric creatures. We love to juxtapose the experience of one sense with another. Whether it...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 12 Mar 2006 • Read →

Article:

The Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder

In a nutshell, evolution describes the fact that in a given set of organisms, those which manage to survive are the s...

Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Mar 2006 • Read →

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A Big Footprint on the Steppe

The Y-chromosome is one that geneticists love to study. Because it is passed on from father to son with no matching c...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 05 Mar 2006 • Read →

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