Laboratory Equipment
The decision to build Research Triangle Park was made about 230 million years ago in the Triassic period. At least, it was according to the director of exhibits at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences. Roy Campbell, leading a tour of participants in…
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After taunting researchers for 30 years, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has relented a bit – at least that’s how many infectious disease experts are now interpreting results from two vaccine trials. The first trial was a huge disappointment….
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Seven-year-old Jesse might have been enjoying his summer off from school, but on July 13, he uncovered a big lesson on science and paleontology. Jesse was pawing through the dirt of the fossil dig site at the Museum of Life…
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Not many scientists beg perfect strangers to eat the species they study. But that’s just what “Doctor Bugs” did when visiting tourist-magnet ruins in Cambodia. Dr. Mark W. Moffett proffered a dish of scrumptious crackers topped with herbs and, um,…
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The fiscal fight over monitoring greenhouse gases raged on Capitol Hill while more than 100 people gathered at N.C. State University Thursday and Friday to explore whether we dismiss the fallout from our fossil fuel dependency at our own peril….
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Things are taking shape for the Museum of Natural Science’s new Nature Research Center in Raleigh. Former governor Jim Hunt dedicated the center’s to museum director Betsy Bennett Tuesday. Amazon research author and rain forest preservation enthusiast Margaret Lowman has…
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Last week I wrote about the impacts of swine operations on our water quality. It’s one example of how land use patterns can disrupt the environment and affect public health. That subject came up again this week during a conversation with…
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To treat each patient according to his or her genetic disease triggers is an idea researchers have pursued for nearly two decades. Tests and a few medicines have resulted from the pursuit, mostly to target some cancers and to prevent…
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Michael Specter, The New Yorker’s science writer, has a book out, “Denialism: How irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives,” that triggered praise and criticism. Like other authors, Specter speaks about his book – to…
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