10/06/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Super Savers
Hoarding carried to extremes; correlation with brain images
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09/29/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Junk It Ain't
Gene expression and "junk" DNA - the junk is important
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09/22/2004
Dr. Bortrum
One Egg - Many Siblings
Wasp egg yields a host of siblings; stay away unless you''re really close kin!
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09/15/2004
Dr. Bortrum
An Errant Dip of the Pen
A pen dipped into molten tin spurs the invention of crystal pulling
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09/08/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Small Planets and a Dubious Signal
Discovery of small planets and a questionable signal from deep space
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09/01/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Nitrates and Chocolate
Redeeming features of chocolate and hot dogs; nitrates, nitrites and NO
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08/25/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Jumping the Gun on a Centennial
Next year's 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miracle year" of 1905
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08/18/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Muscular Matters
Gene doping alters blood and muscle growth; cheating athletes
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08/11/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Nightmares - Aqueous and Otherwise
Will a monstrous tsunami hit the Americas? Will Tuvalu be flooded out?
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08/04/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Multi-Flavored Little One
More evidence that the neutrino has mass and changes flavors in flight
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07/28/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Moving Down from the North
Chipmunks bring DNA down from the North; wolves from Canada bring back trees to Yellowstone
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07/21/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Hydrogen in Our Future?
How realistic is a hydrogen economy? Fuel cell pros and cons.
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07/14/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Creamy Technology
The dasher is ditched in manufacture of certain ice creams
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07/07/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Stormy Weather
Looking into the Sun and predicting the weather in space
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07/01/2004
Dr. Bortrum
Hydrogen Not Guilty
Paint job, not hydrogen, responsible for the demise of the Hindenburg in 1937
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