Here are some true science stories you may have missed during the past year, mostly drawn from the pages of the journal Science:
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Idaho? I dunno • Photo by Andrey Konstantinov on Unsplash
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Will God cooperate in prayer study?
Can prayer heal? That question has been getting increased attention within the medical community, perhaps because of the general rise of interest in alternative therapies.
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How to love the world of Cyp-40
There is only one question, says the poet Mary Oliver: “How to love this world.”
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Get the science you pay for
Should scientists studying the health effects of nicotine accept funding from the tobacco industry?
Artist's impression of the Galileo probe entering the Jovian atmosphere • NASA/Ames Research Center/Ken Hodges (Public Domain)
A little poetry with the facts, M’am
Most people who make a living communicating science spend long hours reading the scientific literature. In a typical week, I peruse several books and a dozen journals.
An example of decentralized self-organization in nature • Photo by Donald Macauley (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Seeking order in the natural order
It is a popular misconception that evolution is “just a theory.”
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It’s smarter to be born in spring?
Are people born in the spring smarter than the rest of us?
Patch Adams (center) in 2014 • Photo by Ricardoh Fernandez (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Let’s hear it for the eccentrics
Meet Patch Adams, M.D. Laughter is the best medicine, says Dr. Adams, who has a degree in medicine from the Medical College of Virginia.
A Galápagos finch • Photo by Paul Krawczuk (CC BY 2.0)
A progressive’s progress down the road of evolution
There are people who prefer things to remain the same; there are people who prefer change. We call them respectively conservatives and liberals, Tories and Whigs, reactionaries and progressives.
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We’ll always be stuck in the middle
“You’re searching, Joe, for things that don’t exist.”