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(10/24/11 6:00am)
It's hard to forget a year like 2000. Bill Clinton was still in
office, gas prices hovered around $1.50, and N* Sync released their
No Strings Attached album. Also, and slightly less well remembered,
almost everyone wrongly believed we had entered the 21st Century.
Before you freak, let me explain. Technically, the year 2000 marked
the final year of the 20th century, and 2001 the first of the new
one. (If you wonder why, the short answer is because there was no
year 0
(04/28/09 6:00am)
Q: What's all this I've been hearing about vaccines causing
autism? Are they actually dangerous?
(04/16/09 6:00am)
Q: Besides their goofy shape, what makes compact fluorescent
light bulbs different from regular ones? Why are they supposedly so
good for the environment?
(03/12/09 6:00am)
I can hear the cries now. Science? That's just the kind of thing
I'm hoping to leave behind over Spring Break!"" Relax,
Stereotypical Reader, this is no last-minute lecture. I know
vacations are all about having fun and living life to the
fullest.
(02/05/09 6:00am)
As Neil deGrasse Tyson paced the stage Monday night, one hand
holding the mike and the other casually in a pocket, he appeared
more like a stand-up comedian at the top of his game than a
world-renowned scientist. Well, except for the fact that no
comedian would end his set by asking for questions about the
universe.""
(01/23/09 6:00am)
In addition to self-driving cars and humanoid robots, it seems
we can now add one more science fiction device to the world of
reality: laser guns.
(12/11/08 6:00am)
Welcome to my lab!"" the scientist cried out to the crowd, to
Bucky Badger and even to Santa Claus. ""Are we ready to learn? Are
you ready to have some fun?"" Cheers rocked the lecture
hall.
(10/23/08 6:00am)
With all the interest in the presidential election and the
financial crisis, it's easy to overlook the fact that China's
unsafe exports continue to spread across the nation. For over a
year, certain foods exported from China have contained unsafe
amounts of melamine, an industrial additive, but to date the only
widespread reaction has been individual project recalls.
(09/25/08 6:00am)
A sense of cautious optimism filled the air Tuesday as the
fourth annual World Stem Cell Summit drew to a close in Madison's
Alliant Energy Center.
(09/25/08 6:00am)
Q: I've heard that it's possible to stand a raw egg on its end
on the autumnal equinox, which was this past Tuesday. Is it true?
Did I miss my chance?
(09/17/08 6:00am)
UW-Madison scientists have successfully slowed the progression
of Lou Gehrig's disease in rats by using modified adult stem cells
to deliver a growth hormone to atrophied muscles, according to the
current issue of Molecular Therapy.
(09/11/08 6:00am)
Q: Why do we hiccup?
(06/05/08 6:00am)
Ah, summer! Finally, things are winding down at school, the
weather's starting to creep above 45 degrees and the dying TV
season is giving way to the booming and banging summer
blockbusters. Iron Man,"" for instance, not only won over critics
but made quite a bit of money its opening weekend too - over $200
million according to the New York Times. That's not bad, of course,
but a little game called ""Grand Theft Auto 4"" did even better.
(04/24/08 6:00am)
These days, we kind of take information for granted. After all,
it's hard not to, living, as we do, in the Information Age. What's
the name of the final boss in Gradius? Who was that guy in the
movie with the thing? What's a good recipe for tuna casserole? I
don't know the answers to any of those, but I bet the Internet
does.
(04/10/08 6:00am)
I've never been much of a morning person. Mornings are just
something to be endured, gotten through as quickly as possible. The
other day, though, my usual morning speed hit an unexpected bump:
crazy morning breath.
(04/03/08 6:00am)
Dear National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
(03/13/08 6:00am)
This past weekend, the last thing I did - before praying that
I'd wake up in time on Monday - was check what the weather would be
like to plan out which clothes to wear. Man, I really missed doing
that.
(02/28/08 6:00am)
Odds are you voted in the primaries last week. It felt good,
right? Doing your part, helping out your favorite candidate,
hanging out with other politically-minded people'¦ what's not to
like? Best of all, you ensured your right to complain about things;
it's not really fair to talk about how bad things are, after all,
if you don't do anything to try to fix them. That's why I always
make sure to vote, since if I couldn't complain about things, I'd
have to find a whole bunch of new hobbies.
(02/15/08 6:00am)
The old dictum never mix business with pleasure"" always rang
true for me. History papers turn out worse if written with the TV
on (even if it was the History Channel), drunk calculus isn't as
much fun as it sounds, and my various attempts to write
academically about video games never went well; I'd end up having
to swear off both video games and academics for weeks.
(01/18/08 6:00am)
Shortly before 2008 began, while I was picking up last minute
New Year's Eve supplies, I heard something on National Public Radio
that surprised me.