08/24/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Personality
"Personalities" in the animal world can be a help or a hindrance.
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08/17/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Strange Fliers
Laser light prompts flight in fruit flies with no head
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08/10/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Membership Applications
Bortrum finds Lee De Forest''s and an old chemistry prof''s membership applications to The Electrochemical Society
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08/03/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Wait 24 Hours - Or Much More
Extinct species seen; new planet and oldest embryos found; it pays to wait
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07/27/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Bones Tell a Tale
Dino bones tell tale of prodigious growth rates
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07/20/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Stellar Matters or Not
Nicklaus memories; planet with three suns; photosynthesis with no sun
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07/13/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Expanding and Contracting Dust Clouds
Deep Impact forms dust like talcum powder; dusty disks form solar systems
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07/06/2005
Dr. Bortrum
A Huge Neighbor and a Small Planet
Our neighboring Andromeda galaxy bigger and closer than we thought; a new small planet
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06/29/2005
Dr. Bortrum
The Gentle Giant
Jack Kilby dies - the integrated circuit's development and consequences
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06/22/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Weird Jellies
Box jellyfish have multiple eyes, stomachs and brains; some can kill you!
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06/15/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Bortrum Wins a Clambake
Red tide off New England's coast; passing of a fertilizer giant
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06/08/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Visible Nets
Barium sulfate makes fishing nets visible; helps save dolphins and other marine mammals
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06/01/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Diodes and Diamonds
Rapid growth of diamonds; new multicolored LEDs
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05/25/2005
Dr. Bortrum
It's Pronounced ky-Meer-uh
Chimeras - how human can or should they get? Tough questions posed.
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05/18/2005
Dr. Bortrum
Mixed-up Dinos and Electrons
Dinosaur caught between meat and vegetarian diet; can something be in two places at the same time?
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