The 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine went to research on remedies derived from natural compounds. Academia is continuing the fight against ‘neglected’ diseases by similarly hunting for new drugs in nature.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Home – Articles, Analysis, Opinion
Displaying 18626 - 18650 of 20164 articles
The first Chinese Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for work based on traditional Chinese medicine. Will traditional medical knowledge now share the spotlight with evidence-based medicine?
Rational actor theories suggest the powerless should be reluctant to trust the powerful, but studies show we tend to do just that.
Works of fiction are brimming with economic principles, but perhaps none more so than the detective story.
Scientists are studying how carbon-rich permafrost known as yedoma acts much like frozen vegetables to hungry microbes – and is becoming an additional source of heat-trapping gases.
Being underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math means women can be made to feel they don’t belong, with long-term mental health consequences.
October 5 is World Teachers’ Day. How about paying some attention to how teachers experience their work? Do teachers in Finland have more autonomy when compared to those in the US?
There are plenty of signs that teaching as a vocation is in trouble in the US.
The media repeatedly creates instant profiles of public shooters as shy, troubled loners, perpetuating the sense of helplessness over mass killings.
Researchers explain why gun violence is a public health emergency, why parent often underestimate how easily their kids could access a gun – and why we know so little about how to solve this problem.
The shooting in Oregon hit close to home in Texas, where the governor recently signed a law allowing guns in college classrooms.
While legal precedent makes banning books difficult, it still happens.
Jobs growth slowed in September, yet the despite the disappointing figures there’s no political will to do anything about it.
Review: stranded on Mars’ desolate landscape, a cocky, endearing protagonist breathes life into this survival tale.
A federal court is considering whether the Asian-American rock band has a First Amendment right to the name, despite a law prohibiting disparaging trademarks.
New technologies bring questions that have belonged to the abstract realm of philosophers into concrete focus. Why do medical interventions in the brain feel different than those elsewhere in the body?
Peeple is getting called the Yelp of rating people. The cofounders say it will be a positive place that turns character into currency. But does it make sense to rate people as we rate restaurants?
When only six people showed up for a panel designed to raise awareness of banned books, the pot needed to be stirred a bit.
Exxon wasn’t the only giant corporation to have climate scientists in the 1980s. Scientists at GM and Ford also honed in on climate change, but they – and their companies – took very different paths.
With the Iran deal, Obama may be repeating a famous strategic misstep from World War II.
Why does emotional learning matter for children?
A gene variant prevalent in African Americans may play a role in post-donation kidney failure for living donors. A test for it exists, but there are no guidelines for when it should be used.
Should conservationists ‘sell’ the value of nature by focusing on the ecosystem services nature provides people? Surveys show this may be the wrong tack.
NASA has set a target date of 2030 for a manned mission to Mars. With no real scientific breakthroughs needed, success depends on developing the proper technology.
Today marks a milestone in our transition to more secure electronic payments, yet the costs and benefits are not what they seem.