Wednesday, 23 May, 2012

Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology given to inventors of MRI machine — but were these guys really the inventors? Meet an unprecedented PR campaign to change the Nobel.

Edward Teller helped invent the hydrogen bomb, then pushed missile defense. By public advocacy and secret research, he changed the 20th century.

What was learned on Columbia’s last, tragic mission?

What did the losing World Trade designs look like? What is the significance of a city skyline?

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

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…

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

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

Who invented writing? And for what purpose? A tale of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and the Maya. What happens when pictograms are not enough…

Believe it? Why Not? The Why Files examines strange stuff: Worms, urine, frogs, sweat, jellyfish. What’s not to love?