The Best Holiday-Themed Research You’ll Read Today

The British Medical Journal, while one of the oldest and most respected general medical journals, is not a traditional source for Christmas reading. However, tucked within its December 2012 issue is the peer-reviewed article “Why Rudolph’s Nose is Red: Observational…

From Neanderthal to the Nobel Prize: A Paleogenetic Story

Each year five Nobel prizes are awarded in physiology/medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, and peace to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to society”. Winners of the Nobel prize in medicine or physiology have transformed how…

Space Science Part 2: Interstellar Inventions

Turns out there’s a lot in space. These medical technologies didn’t make it into the first post but are too exciting to skip writing about. Anyone who's watched a space travel movie knows that it’s important to be prepared for…