01/09/2003
Dr. Bortrum
Miscues and Feathers
Stephen Jay Gould''s "canonical stories", feathered dinos and Buckner''s miscue
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12/25/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Bortrum on Vacation
Vacation - no column
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12/19/2002
Dr. Bortrum
A Clone Is Not a Clone?
Cloning, shingles and neutrinos made the news in 2002
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12/12/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Goodbyes
A tribute to Andrew Jordan and his contributions to crystal growth
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12/05/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Pitless Compact Discs
Phase-change alloys make rewritable CDs possible
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11/28/2002
Dr. Bortrum
She Ate a Fly
Is disgust innate or learned? Probably both?
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11/21/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Artificial Sticky Hair
Synthetic sticky gecko hairs - climbing robots in our future?
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11/14/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Measurements
How come we still drive at 60 miles per hour?
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11/07/2002
Dr. Bortrum
An Anemic Star
Iron-poor star dates back to over 12 billion years ago.
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10/31/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Beep-Beep
Sputnik''s 45th anniversary - personal remembrances and otherwise
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10/24/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Are We Flipping?
Decrease in Earth''s magnetic field may indicate a magnetic flip
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10/17/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Follow-ups on Peers and Pluto
Paul Ginsparg''s "genius award" and Pluto should be a comet
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10/10/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Damaged but Wonderful Brains
Left brain damage associated with savant syndrome
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10/02/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Peer Review
Peer review exposes scientific misconduct and Bortrum''s mistake
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09/26/2002
Dr. Bortrum
Mind-Body Connections
Can a rat and some monkeys help Christopher Reeve?
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