RealClearScience Morning Edition
Wednesday, June 19
Court's Gene Patent Decision Not Based on Biology - Alex Berezow, RCSc
Court's Gene Patent Decision Is Good Compromise - Craig Nard, RCSc
Don't Place Too Much Faith in Your Senses - Virginia Hughes, Nautilus
Dolphins Are Neither Pets Nor 'Healers' - Lori Marino, Aeon Magazine
The Physics of Surviving in an Underwater Bubble - Rachel Nuwer, Slate
Int'l Linear Collider Will Be Higgs Boson Factory - John Timmer, Ars Tech.
NASA's Grand Challenge: Find Killer Asteroids - Clara Moskowitz, Space
Leprosy: Why Biblical Plague Is Still With Us - Kristian Sjogren, SciNordic
Are Multimillion-Dollar Prizes Good for Science? - Zeeya Merali, Nature
Life as PhD Student: Self-Doubt, Failure & Frustration - Neuroskeptic
More RCSc: Facebook | Twitter | Google+ | MobileTuesday, June 18
Caffeine Can Cramp Your Creativity - Maria Konnikova, The New Yorker
Green Chemists Synthesize Vanillin From Sawdust - MIT Tech. Review
Russia Lied About How Yuri Gagarin Died - Jason Torchinsky, Jalopnik
A Biological Cause for Gulf War Syndrome? - James Dao, New York Times
Lost City Found in Cambodian Jungle - Lindsay Murdoch, The Age
We Need More Science in Our Politics - Ethan Siegel, Starts with a Bang!
Gov't Makes Wild Horse Problem Worse - Nancy Lofholm, Denver Post
Antarctic Ice Melting from Underneath - Michael Lemonick, Climate Cent.
Unexpected Variety in Variable Stars - Tushna Commissariat, Phys. World
How Darwin Helped Invent the Idea of Aliens - Mark Strauss, io9
Newton Blog: How Do Morbidly Obese People Have Sex?Monday, June 17
Possible Cause of Bad Hair Days Found - Richard Gray, The Telegraph
Which Molecules Make Our Armpits Stink? - Alex Berezow, RCScience
The Dangers of Eyeball Licking, a New Fad - Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Sci
Why Is Exercise Such a Darn Chore? - Anil Ananthaswamy, Slate
Tear Gas Banned in Warfare But Used on Civillians - C. Howard, Nat Geo
Einstein's Secret to Learning Anything - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
Secret of Roman Concrete: Volcanic Ash - Bernhard Warner, Bloomberg
Duct Tape Is Amazing... Just Not at Sealing Ducts - Alan Boyle, NBC News
Could Life Evolve from Wires & Plastic? - Emily Monosson, Aeon Magazine
Dolphin 'Rape' Isn't Rape - Justin Gregg, Dolphin Scientist Guy
Saturday, June 15
Your Brain Censors Everything You See - Keith Payne, Scientific American
Could Americans Handle Drug Legalization? - Steven Novella, Neurologica
SCOTUS Gene Ruling Reads Like 7th Grade Report - Noam Prywes, Slate
Lying Scientist Publishes More Dubious Work - David Cyranoski, Nature
Real-Life True Blood: Synthetic Blood Is Coming - Devon Maloney, Wired
Bacteria That Control Their Squid Overlords - Holly Bik, Deep Sea News
What Do Cats Do When Nobody's Around? - Jonathan Gitlin , Ars Technica
The Science of Game of Thrones - Rebecca Certner, Huffington Post
Can the World Be Powered with Tornadoes? - Susan E. Matthews, PopSci
Why Fathers Matter - Randy Rieland, Smithsonian
Newton Blog: Of Stalagmites, Climate Change, & SupervolcanoesFriday, June 14
Another Legacy of the Crusades: Leprosy - Melissa Hogenboom, BBC
What Happens to Women Denied Abortions? - Joshua Lang, NYT Mag
India's Bad Drugs and Even Worse Excuses - Amir Attaran, RCScience
Censorship Blocked Psychoactive Drug Research - Maria Burke, CW
School Plans to Pay Science Teachers More - Stephanie Simon, Reuters
Ambivalence: Sometimes, Indecisiveness Is Best - Ian Leslie, Slate
Eel Found in Sushi Glows Green - Monya Baker, Nature News
Is the Earth Slowly Getting Heavier? - Dave Goldberg, io9
Why the Big Bang Is 'Settled' Science - Ethan Siegel, Starts with a Bang!
How to Avoid the Goat Behind Door #2 - Adrian Dudek, The Conversation
Journal Club: Did Men Cause Menopause?Thursday, June 13
Is Sending Messages to Aliens a Good Idea? - George Dvorsky, io9
Does Cosmic Inflation Imply a Multiverse? - John Timmer, Ars Technica
Wanted: New Particle Collider to Find Dark Matter - Carl Franzen, Verge
Quantum Computer Solves Simple Equations - Hamish Johnston, PW
'Hyperloop': The Future of Transportation? - Dominic Basulto, Big Think
The Mystery of Death Valley's 'Sailing Stones' - Joseph Stromberg, S'sonian
Same Poison Frog Comes in Different Colors - Carl Zimmer, Phenomena
Traditional Chinese Medicine Needs a Revolution - James Palmer, Aeon
One Bad Apple Really Does Spoil the Bunch - Tim Wall, Discovery News
Why Do Teen Girls Fall in Love with Killers? - Linda Peach, Conversation
Newton Blog: Perpetual Motion Is Impossible... Right?Wednesday, June 12
Philosophy Isn't Dead, Stephen Hawking - Davis & Zabala, Al Jazeera
Global Catastrophe: A Day without Satellites - Rich Hollingham, BBC
Should We Unplug Computers During Storm? - Kathy Graham, ABC Sci.
Weightless Flames: How Fires Burn in Space - Rod Pyle, Space.com
Weird Bacterial Phylum Found in Hospital Sink - John Timmer, Ars Tech.
Dolphins, Honeybees Help Find Deadly Mines - Perrin Ireland, Discover
Must Cats Die so Birds Can Live? - Jessica Pressler, New York Magazine
Is It Ethical to Use a Dead Man's Sperm? - Bahar Gholipour, Live Science
Germans Search for a New Longest Word - Der Spiegel
Ladies, Butterfly Tramp Stamps Say, 'I'm Easy' - Tom Jacobs, Pac. Std.
Newton Blog: Is China Overtaking the U.S. in Space?Tuesday, June 11
Cougars: Killer Cats Reclaim America - Guy Gugliotta, New York Times
Asian Tigers at Risk from Domestic Dog Virus - Mark Kinver, BBC News
'Jurassic Park' at 20: Updating the Science - Michael Dhar, Live Science
Five Ways Carnivorous Plants Eat Prey - Michael Mathieson, Conversation
Butterflies Inspire Anti-Counterfeit Technology - Joel Shurkin, ISNS
Spacetime Itself Is Random and Uncertain - Carl Frederick, Nautilus
Quantum Entanglement: Spooky & Unavoidable - Brian Dodson, Gizmag
Male Contraception: Inject Gold into Testes - Prachi Patel, C&E News
Chemical-Free, Science-Lite Park in Colorado - Steve Savage, App. Myth.
Is Dippin' Dots Still 'Ice Cream of the Future'? - Annabelle Smith, S'sonian
Newton Blog: Damn the Cost, Full Speed Ahead on James WebbMonday, June 10
What Our Faces May Look Like in 100,000 Years - Parmy Olson, Forbes
Why Your Doctor Is Afraid of Your DNA - Michelle Cottle, Newsweek
Breasts Make Life Better - Niels Ebdrup, ScienceNordic
Anything That Can Go Wrong in the Body Does - Steven Novella, N'logica
Australia Is the World's Happiest Country... Again - Roff Smith, Nat Geo
How to Make Your Party Guests Eat Dog Food - Julie Hecht, Sci American
Is Internet Porn Addiction Actually Real? - Isaac Abel, The Atlantic
Forgive Jonah Lehrer? No Way. Not Yet. - John Rennie, PLoS Blogs
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning - Mario Vittone, Slate
Comet Impacts May Have Spurred Life on Earth - Tia Ghose, LiveScience
Newton Blog: Will Climate Change Lead to More Heat Deaths?