Mozilla Labs has launched what it says is a series of experiments designed to "bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps." The first release is Prism the new ...

Cell lines have long served as tools for oncology drug discovery 5. Their track record in predicting efficacy in patients, however, has been mixed. Cell line models often have been chosen more for ...

We all love our most cherished ideas about how the world and the Universe works. Our conception of reality is often inextricably intertwined with our ideas of who we are. But to be a scientist is to ...

Every day, we conduct science experiments, posing an “if” with a “then” and seeing what shakes out. Maybe it’s just taking a slightly different route on our commute home or heating that burrito for a ...

Just about anyone who works in science knows that you can have all the data you like, but if you can't show statistically significant differences between groups, you haven't shown anything. And just ...

For weeks, David Fefferman and his wife, Shasha Jhaveri-Fefferman, have walked through a dimly lit doctor’s office to get to the front door of their Mission Viejo home. And this is no ordinary ...

Great question, Desiree. Let me start with a story about the scientist Isaac Newton. About 350 years ago, he was thinking a lot about light, and what it is made of. He held a prism up to the light and ...

Robert Crease’s book is a bargain: you get two good things for the price of one. First, you have a stimulating series of essays about the history of science, each of which describes a landmark ...

Newton’s experiment remains almost insultingly simple. Sunlight, a darkened room, a glass prism. The conclusion was unavoidable. Colour belonged to light itself. The prism merely made it visible.