10/24/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Another 50th Anniversary
Celebrating Frosch and Derick's serendipitous discovery of oxide-masking
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10/17/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Mushrooms, Memory and Consciousness
How does the brain store memories and deal with consciousness?
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10/10/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Space Probes - Old and New
Voyagers communicate with obsolete computers; a drier Mars
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10/03/2007
Dr. Bortrum
LEDs - Decorative and Otherwise
LEDs to light a tunnel and a bridge as well as a non-lethal weapon
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09/26/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Space Travel's 50th Brings Nastier Bugs
50 years since Sputnik and we find salmonella enjoys space travel too much
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09/19/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Fried Chicken and Alex
More on Alex, the parrot; more complete enjoyment of fried chicken
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09/12/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Tears
Pavarotti and Alex die; a moth sips tears; honeybees and a virus
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09/05/2007
Dr. Bortrum
A Faithful Bird
The albatross selects a mate with great care and sticks with the commitment
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08/29/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Cosmic Stuff
Humomgous galactic collision and stuff from the comics section
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08/22/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Not Ready for Prime time
Hybrid vehicles utilizing lithium-ion batteries put on hold
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08/15/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Tall and Short
New tallest man; Phil Rizzuto dies
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08/08/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Quirky Behavior
Squirrel eats mushroom; human heads smile; corpse has no bellybutton
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08/01/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Batteries in the News
Hybrid train in Japan powered by lithium-ion batteries and diesel engine
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07/25/2007
Dr. Bortrum
Surprising Shared Heritage
A sea anemone's DNA sheds light on humans and our common ancestor
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07/18/2007
Dr. Bortrum
A Memorable, Valid Ticket
Kiner Night at Shea and ID tags on tickets
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