From a Different Perspective...

In 2025, we’ve got DNA all figured out, right?   It’s been over fifty years since Crick and Watson (and Franklin) discovered the double heli...

If you are of a certain age – say, mine, that is to say, a Baby Boomer – last week’s announcement that Microsoft was going to release a new ...

When I saw a headline about “DNA flowers,” I was nonplused. I mean: aren’t all flowers made out of DNA, like every living thing on our plane...

As you may have heard, the federal government is currently shut down, although for many federal workers – those deemed “essential” – that ju...

I must admit, for several years now I’ve worried that my beloved Wikipedia could not survive in an AI era. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine th...

Science buffs will recognize the title as the (possibly apocryphal) quote Galileo muttered after he was forced by the Catholic Church to rec...

I know many people are worried about the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting happening later this week – I am too –...