Archive for the ‘History and Nature of Science’ Category

India’s Red Rain: Aliens or Hype? - Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Did red rain in India carry alien bacteria? One Indian scientist thinks so. Others say it was just spores of a common alga. Pay your money, take your choice!

Cloning Fraud: How’d it Happen? - Friday, January 13th, 2006

Korean scientist pulled off the biggest scientific fraud in memory. How did he do it? How is science supposed to prevent fraud? Why did it matter, and who loses out?

Why Files Rockin’ New Year - Friday, December 30th, 2005

A new year is a chance to bring sanity to our medical, scientific and environmental disasters. Here’s our wish-list for a better New Year!

Bookin’ science: Best of the batch. - Thursday, October 6th, 2005

If (gasp!) the subject is too big for a Whyfile, hit the books. Here, we review four great science books, on evolution, environment, fighting nature, and discovering motherly love.

Forensic Anthropology - Tuesday, December 16th, 2003

This Why File surveys the latest in forensic anthropology, with a visit to the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, AKA The Body Farm.

Biological Weapons: Too Tricky to Use? - Thursday, October 4th, 2001

Will terrorists use biological weapons? How have bio-weapons been used in the past?

Space Travel: How Healthy? - Tuesday, December 26th, 2000

What are the medical and psychological costs of long-term space travel? Radiation, isolation, osteoporosis: Sounds like a real picnic to us! Intrigued? You could always overwinter in the Antarctic…

Letter from Archimedes: Math-Man Speaks! - Monday, July 24th, 2000

Ancient mathematician’s writing found, restored, after 22 centuries!

MAD Science! Have a Laugh on Us… - Thursday, March 30th, 2000

A MAD look at science. Science fair projects we’d like to see, weird wonk words, and creative uses for radioactive waste.

Genetically Engineered Food - Thursday, October 28th, 1999

How safe is genetically modified food? Was this test a legitimate study, or was its conclusion based on faulty methods?

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