06/03/2015
Dr. Bortrum
Color Matching and Avian Evolution
Evidence that Europa has a salty ocean. Birds' beaks - their evolution and a step in the opposite direction.
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05/01/2015
Dr. Bortrum
Anniversaries and Cells Chatting
p-n junctions and gap junctions; Moore's Law and cells communicating with each other
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04/01/2015
Dr. Bortrum
Birds and Watery Bodies
Gift-giving crows and recent achievements in probing planets' oceans under icy surfaces.
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03/01/2015
Dr. Bortrum
Faster than Darwin Would Have Expected
First results from Rosetta. Evolution can move very rapidly in some cases.
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01/30/2015
Dr. Bortrum
Vaping, a Visitor from Mars and a Sad Goodbye
E-cigs - good or bad? A 4.4 billion-year-old rock. Samar Basu dies.
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01/01/2015
Dr. Bortrum
From the 1930s to the 2030s?
Game changers ranging from a 102-year-old man to astronauts paving a possible path to Mars.
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12/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Cannabalism?
Immortal cell lines contaminated. Europeans medicinal choices include mummies!
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11/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Blood, Zombies and a Walker
Young blood slows/reverses aging? Parasites alter host behavior. Nasal cells fill the gap in broken spine.
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10/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Busy Time in Space
New arrivals in Martian atmosphere; clear skies on a planet outside our solar system.
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09/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Animals Getting Smarter
Raccoons moving into cities; birds planning ahead.
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08/04/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Surgeries and Pacemaking
Wife's knee replacement and a possible biological pacemaker
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07/02/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Some Anniversaries and a Challenge
Swirly polarization pattern possibly due to dust? How to avoid a gorilla attack. Curiosity's been on Mars for a Martian year.
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06/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
One's a Fish, the Other Isn't
Starfish in deep trouble; a real fish gets inebriated
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05/05/2014
Dr. Bortrum
More from Ouit in Space
Earth-sized planet in habitable zone; eclipse that brightens star; another ocean in our solar system
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04/01/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Einstein's Gravity Waves and Guth's Inflation Confirmed?
South Pole telescope used to look at the first teensiest fraction of a second of the Big Bang; a promising result on hydrogen fusion in California
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