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Ears: The New Fingerprints?
Could ears be more accurate biometric identification tools than fingerprints
Read More »New Head of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Professor Dan Esty heads Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with an initiative to improve energy policies that will also benefit the state’s economy.
Read More »Measuring Food Security Throughout the World
Despite UN goals to slash world hunger in half by 2015, there exists a dearth of data about which regions and households suffer the most from food insecurity. Yale School of Public Health Professor
Read More »The Secrets to a Healthier Pizza
You've heard from health gurus, but what do scientists tell us about the possibilities of making this popular dish healthier?
Read More »Richard Conniff, B.A. ‘73
The unanticipated journey that turned a Yale English major into a highly respected science journalist
Read More »Rudd Center: Nutrition and Policy
The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity attempts to improve the world’s diet and solve the problems of obesity and weight stigmatism
Read More »Intentionality and Morality in Human Judgment
Professor Joshua Knobe studies intentionality and morality, and his findings reveal that the way we view the world is constantly colored by moral conceptions
Read More »Economics and the Sciences: Effects of the Recession
Over the past several years, funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has gone down steadily. However, with the current presidential administration, those in the sciences have cause to be optimistic
Read More »The Discipline of Giving Back: Scientific community service opportunities at Yale
By combining community service, a science education, mentorship, and simple genuine fun, organizations such as SMArT, Demos, Synergy, and Science Saturdays connect undergraduates with students in schools in and around New Haven
Read More »Darwin vs. Dogma: Can Science and Religion be Reconciled?
Today, science and faith seem to be disparate, and sometimes warring concepts. Four basic tenets of spirituality must be reconciled with the scientific method before the two can coexist in a single system
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