Hawking: Let’s send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
With a doom-and-gloom message, Stephen Hawking told a summit meeting in China that we should send a spaceship to our nearest star.
Academics
Sleep plays an important role in memory
Sleep helps our brain strengthen memories, and good sleep therefore can help us learn. But that same strengthening can also get in the way.
Grad student tuition waivers should be tax-free
What will the eventual tax reform legislation Congress finally passes contain? Not sure yet, but a few parts of it have us concerned.
On protesting the national anthem & Pledge
2 Houston-area students sue their school district because teachers ostracized them after they refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
27 ways heat waves can kill you
Heat is dangerous, and doctors in Hawaii have identified 27 different mechanisms it can kill you during more frequent summer heat waves.
It was all fun for girls with STEM in Peoria
Are too few women going into STEM fields because too few girls are aware of opportunities in STEM? Or is there more going on?
Pa. school settles in case of denying pro-life club
A school dist. in Pa. announced an out-of-court settlement that will allow a student club considered anti-abortion to exist.
More Nov. tornadoes in OH, IN, PA, IL
A few tornadoes caused damaged buildings in the Midwest over the weekend. No serious injuries reported. Yes, in November.
How well do you know your basic anatomy?
Given that most of us can't locate important organs, muscles, or other body parts, it's no wonder health care is so hard.
#MeToo doesn’t have to be a political movement
A hashtag can be a powerful thing, a student from Bloomington, Ind., explains, esp. when it comes to sparking a social revolution.