Tag: Basic research
Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools...
André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
You might be old enough to remember the famous “Where’s the Beef?”...
Why do scientists care about worms?
Helen Robertson, University of Chicago
I traveled to a marine research station on a picturesque Swedish fjord many times over the four years I worked...
With federal funding for science on the decline, what’s the role...
David R. Johnson, University of Nevada, Reno
What is the place of a profit motive in the production of knowledge at public universities?
The Trump administration’s...
With science under siege in 2017, scientists regrouped and fought back:...
Maggie Villiger, The Conversation
2017 may well be remembered as the year of alternative facts and fake news. Truth took a hit, and experts seemed...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
