Archive for the ‘Tom Siegfried’ Category


Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: In science, beginnings never end up ending - Thursday, September 27th, 2007

All good things must come to an end, they say, but it isn’t true.



For nuclear waste help, call on gulls, fish, mussels and kelp - Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Some people find sea gulls annoying, but they have their uses.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: With eating, sleeping and aging, timing is everything - Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Life is all about three things – eating, sleeping and getting old. Think about it.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Celebrating science’s grandest discoveries before they’ve even happened - Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Scientists are always celebrating past accomplishments. And why not? They’ve got a lot to celebrate.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: To conquer cancer, merge Chinese herbology with Western molecular magic - Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

All things considered, the war against cancer is going better than that other war in progress at the moment — even though cancer research gets a lot less money.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Chemical clues to evolution’s mysteries make uncommon sense - Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Evolution is complicated. That’s why it took a genius — namely, Charles Darwin — to figure out how it happened. And that’s also why so many people today have a hard time believing that it happened at all.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Wondering where the future comes from - Thursday, July 5th, 2007

A question from a very young reader, as relayed by his mother: “Where does the future come from, mommy? I don’t understand. How does it get here?”



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: ‘Unparticle’ matter may be the stuff that glues physics together - Thursday, June 21st, 2007

In many ways, science is all about finding the meaning in the mysteries of math.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Avandia reveals risks when mixing math with medicine - Thursday, June 7th, 2007

If you take Avandia for diabetes, or any medicine approved for anything, you perhaps have been alarmed when the media reports some previously undetected danger that might turn a life-saving drug into a killer.



Science Matters, Tom Siegfried: Other science questions the candidates should be asked - Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Applicants for George W. Bush’s job have to go through a grueling process, such as being subjected to quiz questions during media events disguised as debates.


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