“Remembering HM”: Neuroscience takes the stage at Central Square Theater
A guest post from science writer Stephen Dougherty. Read more
A guest post from science writer Stephen Dougherty. Read more
The Cambridge Massachusetts Science Festival – which starts a week from Friday – got some major press this week. The New York Times featured a profile of John Durant, the director of the MIT Museum and the festival’s chief cheerleader. The story, by local writer and former Boston Globe editor Karen Weintraub, ran below the fold on the front of the Science section. It features a photo of Durant, arms asplay, in front of the festival’s green and blue banners, which are now hanging from light posts up and down Mass Ave. Read more
Knome, Inc, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company, is famously known for sequencing the genome of hard-living rocker Ozzy Osbourne. Knome bills itself as the human genome interpretation company and is credited for being the first to offer personal sequencing services. Read more
Last summer, Science retracted a much-publicized paperon the genetics of longevity by a team of Boston University reasearchers. Outside scientists had raised questions about the validity of conclusion based on multiple types of genotyping platforms used for the study. Read more
They’re calling it the Brown University ”Center for Evidence-Based Medicine.” But, the team of researchers migrating from Tufts University in the Boston-area to Providence promise they will apply thier research methods to “other complex scientific questions.” Team leader Dr. Thomas Trikalinos offered details to Nature Boston. Read more
Ruthann Rudel walks up to the shelf in a Cambridge CVS and picks up an “Arm and Hammer Essential Naturals” deodorant stick . The bright yellow package has jaunty lettering and a green leaf on the label and announces that it offers “Aluminum Free — Paraben Free Natural Protection.” … Read more
Lots happening in the world of science this week. Also check out calendar of ongoing events. Read more
Last week, during the school vacation, the gecko exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston was mobbed. Kids nosed up to the terrariums to see the nimble lizards scale the glass. They learned that geckos do not have sticky feet. Instead, tiny toepad hairs allow geckos to climb walls through phenomenon called frictional adhesion. Read more
Cambridge writer Mathew Pearl is a pro at recreating mid-19th century settings for his mystery novels. He’s also adept at bringing literary figures like Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe to life – even as he kills them off. Planning the Civil-war era version of an air traffic disaster was a bit more complicated, but he did it for his new novel “The Technologists.” … Read more
MIT is annoucing that President Susand Hockfield will be stepping down: … Read more
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