Dear Annie: I have been dating a wonderful man who is very special but has absolutely no table etiquette. I know I should try to overlook it, but I can't. Jed talks with his mouth full, chows down as if he hasn't eaten in a month, uses his fingers to...
Imagine not being able to recognize faces. You could see faces, but you'd be entirely unable to distinguish one face from another. All faces would look more or less the same--an amorphous assemblage of eyes, ears, noses, lips, and chins. To put it mi...
Don and Yael discuss a problem with the medical system that needs to be corrected. D: Time once again for What You Didn't Know. This is where we read a well-known science fact and then surprise you with the follow-up. Ready? Y: Yep. D: Heart disease...
With commencement exercises happening these days all over the world, today is a good time to write again about the Graduation Pledge Alliance. Nearly 150 colleges and universities and some high schools in North America and Asia have in recent years m...
Ever wonder how they determine how many calories are in food? Yael and Don explain it in this Moment of Science. Y: All right, Don. What are you doing? D: I'm using a bomb calorimeter to figure out how many calories are in my lunch. See, I put my san...
It's impossible to talk about the new Sex and the City movie without first mentioning Sex and the City, the HBO series; or the rabid fan devotion it enjoyed; or the equally fervent antipathy (female and male) it inspired－but we will try. The movie...
What should you do when a wild animal or bird needs help? First, be careful! Mammals can carry diseases transmissible to humans, including rabies. That's why you shouldn't handle skunks, bats, coyotes, foxes or raccoons, but call animal control for h...
The ladies who meet regularly in a museum cafe in Cologne skip the gossip and get straight down to haiku, an ultra-brief poetry style that has spread from Japan around the globe. Cologne's haiku workshop, held at the Museum of East Asian Art, often h...
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you? Not so. In fact, science has shown that negative stereotypes can cause a very specific type of harm, even to people who do not believe the stereotypes; they can significantly affect...
Welcome to another Moment of Science. Once again we're going to talk about some everyday scientific wisdom that may or may not be true. For example, here's a common belief about exercise. If you work out in the morning and want to lose more calories,...
