Everyday Science

Artists have long used odd things in their work – Marcel Duchamp’s urinal on a pedestal comes to mind – but even when unusual ingredients are less obvious, they can be present.

Pres. Barack Obama vetoed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline on February 24— not because of climate change, not because of low oil prices and not because of the risks from leaking diluted bitumen from the tar sands.

Findings from a large, randomized trial suggest early exposure may decrease risk by as much as 86 percent

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” — World Health Organization (1946) Many poets, philosophers, and thinkers throughout history have recognized the intimate link between physical and mental health.

It’s clear that we as a nation are failing to engage minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics as well as we could.

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Heather Berlin, assistant professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, is the co-host of the new CUNY TV program Science Goes to the Movies  

Before the era of artificial lights, clouds hid the light coming from the stars. But now, the sky grows brighter when clouds roll in, possibly adversely affecting animals and plants

Scientists are working out potential linkages between rapid Arctic warming caused by climate change and a more wavy jet stream causing weird winter weather

Marijuana boosts users' appetities by changing the signals brain cells produce from sated to still hungry. Karen Hopkin reports.      

 

A new, national survey released by the University of Michigan has found that 50 percent of parents who have teenage children would support later start times for high school.

A study of mouth microbes finds that antibacterial toothpaste and mouthwash with essential oils work much better in combination than separately to banish bacteria that cause gum disease