From far away, or from so near you could almost touch it, the moon is beautiful.

Many of us long ago stopped taking our vitamins – especially the antioxidants. The evidence for their benefit was lacking, and a number of disturbing studies suggested they could possibly increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. But what many of us didn’t recognize was the enormous journalistic opportunity there was in addressing the gap between the scientific consensus on vitamin supplements and the general […]

At this weekend’s Cancer and Evolution meeting, one of the highlights was a talk from a husband-and-wife team …

Last April, I had a discussion with some of my fellow graduate students in the geology department here at UB about teaching. One topic raised by those of us working with senior undergraduates was the skills our students would need to have by the time they left the department. We realized that many students take winding paths on the way to finishing a major for various reasons, including that they transferred from another school, they switched majors, or they are double-majoring and have time […]

The problem with writing about the naked mole rat is the long list of bizarre traits that you …