Tag: University of Virginia
Scientists Discover Nanotech for Blood Pressure
Dr. Howard Glicksman and host Eric Anderson walk through the discovery and explore how these high-tech blood pressure barometers, or “baroreceptors,” work.
Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting
I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes.
Electroactive Bacteria: A “Mind-Blowing” Case of Intelligent Design
Somehow, G. sulfurreducens “know” how to assemble molecules in their pili in an exact sequential and functional order.
University of Virginia Pushes Back Against Free Speech Abridgment
UVA, as one of America’s top public universities, can help set the trend for free speech.
Peer-Reviewed Science: A “Mathematical Proof of Darwinian Evolution” Is Falsified
Due to the tradition of professional scientific writing, major developments in scientific literature often arrive muffled in language so bland or technical as to be totally missed by a general reader.