In East Baltimore, not far from rows of abandoned homes and empty warehouses, there’s a space-age high rise housing an unusual methadone clinic. “People come […]
Arson Forensics Sets Old Fire Myths Ablaze
In 1990, a fire broke out in a house in Jacksonville, Fla., killing two women and four children. The husband of one of the women […]
Credit Controversy: Who Made Key Cosmos Discovery?
A controversy erupted earlier this year over who deserved credit for what many say is the most important astronomical discovery of the 20th century: the […]
For Copernicus, A ‘Perfect Heaven’ Put Sun At Center
It doesn’t happen often, but there are times when a single book turns the world on its head. Isaac Newton’s Principia unraveled the mystery of […]
Invasion Of The Mind-Controlling Zombie Parasites
A few months back, something terrible happened to millions of flies around Washington, D.C. “We were getting literally hundreds of reports of these crazy dead […]
Used Lab Equipment Finds A Second Home Overseas
Science is an expensive endeavor. Labs in the U.S. can easily spend millions of dollars each year on equipment, chemicals and supplies alone. But for […]