Real Science

Is the stem cell war over?

Michael Bradbury — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:42:53 -0500

“The induced cells do all the things embryonic stem cells do. It’s going to completely change the field,” says Dr. James Thomson, professor of anatomy at University of Wisconsin and the scientist who first isolated human embryonic stem cell lines in 1998. The man who started the stem cell war could be the one to end it.

MRSA--Is this the new Superbug?

Michael Bradbury — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Everyone is calling it a superbug but that’s not quite the right description for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, also called MRSA. It does respond to some antibiotics and can usually be treated quite easily. But it seems to be on the rise in the general population.

MRSA--Is this the new Superbug?

Thawing The Past

Michael Bradbury — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

For thousands of years trees in British Columbia have been buried in ice, encased in glaciers as the sheets of ice surged forward. Now those things that were buried thousands of years ago are starting to thaw.

Thawing The Past

Dancing With The Stars

Michael Bradbury — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The gravitational pull attracts the two bodies and one stretches out an arm, as if beginning to dance. But there is no ballroom or are any fancy costumes. And this dance goes on 300 million light years away.

Dancing With The Stars

Hot Mess

Michael Bradbury — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

California has been so conscious about curbing its carbon dioxide output. The state has implemented strict emissions standards to reduce the greenhouse gas largely blamed for global warming. But during a perfect firestorm in late October all their efforts went up in smoke.

Hot Mess

Picture This

Michael Bradbury — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Everyone is a photographer. The cost to take a quality picture has plummeted in recent years so even a mid-priced digital camera takes as good a picture as a professional did ten years ago. Cell phones come with built in cameras. And, now everyone can post their great works on the Internet for all the world to see.

Picture This

Lessons from Sputnik

Michael Bradbury — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:23:22 -0400

Fifty years ago we entered a new era of science exploration and discovery. The moment started rather loudly as the beep, beep, beep heard around the world.

Lessons From Sputnik

Nobel Prize Week

Michael Bradbury — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:00:38 -0400

Nobel Prize announcements in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and the Peace Prize.

Nobel Prize Week 2007