Archive for the ‘Nature of scientific knowledge’ Category

  • Internet: The fastest teacher?
    Internet: The fastest teacher?

    MRI scans of older people show major differences between searchers and non-searchers. After seven hours of Internet experience, those differences disappear. Honest? Could changing the brain be this easy?


    Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
  • Universe: Measured by New Yardstick

    Feeling cramped? New measurement says the universe is bigger than you thought. Meet the astronomers’ new yardstick.


    Thursday, August 10th, 2006
  • Cloning Fraud: How’d it Happen?

    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?


    Friday, January 13th, 2006
  • Time to Reconsider the Leap Second

    The solar clock doesn’t quite line up with the atomic clock. We use leap seconds to make them match. Should we dump the leap second?


    Thursday, September 29th, 2005
  • Forensic Anthropology

    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.


    Tuesday, December 16th, 2003
  • Letter from Archimedes: Math-Man Speaks!

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


    Monday, July 24th, 2000
  • MAD Science! Have a Laugh on Us…

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


    Thursday, March 30th, 2000
  • Einstein Triumphs

    After 100 years, scientists are still proving the old man right. Why was he able to do what others could not? The origins of scientific genius, explored by the average minds at The Why Files…


    Saturday, December 27th, 1997
  • Archaeology in the Ocean

    Archeologists think they’ve found the wrecked flagship of Blackbeard the scurvy pirate. What else is hiding in Davy Jones’ Locker? Dive into the archeology of the deep.


    Thursday, April 3rd, 1997
  • Amber: The Natural Preservative

    How amber is used in archeology and paleontology: Reviving ancient bacteria, viewing ancient insects, what’s not to love about amber?


    Tuesday, February 27th, 1996


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