by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
Eric Sorensen writes that when state regulators field complaints about bad smells, they can run tests with both machines and humans. In the case of a recent industrial compost case, complaining neighbors won by the nose. In ”Passing the Smell Test,” Eric explores the...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
A little lemon is nice with oysters, but Maria Dolan, writing for Slate, says that’s as close as acid should get to the popular shellfish. Reporting from local and national experts, Maria finds that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide is not just changing the...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
What changed our minds about hormones for menopause symptoms? Rachel Tompa explains in a feature for Quest, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, about the Women’s Health Initiative. Funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1993 this study saved...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 2, 2013 | ScienceWire
What does a sensory biophysicist like Ivan Fernando Gonzalez taste when he eats chips and salsa? The binding of chemicals to his heat and pain-sensing TRPV1 ion receptors, of course. Along with tomatoes, onions, and crispy corn tortillas. Ivan blends science...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 4, 2013 | ScienceWire
Hope is part of nature, and part of human nature, writes Adrienne Ross Scanlan in an essay about navigating life. Adrienne’s life is filled with courageous children with serious illness—children who also love to go to Green Lake and look for chickadees. Adrienne is an...
