Science

The Grace Programming Language project is a research effort that aims to make learning how to program easier by baking "educational abstractions" into the language itself - it's an object oriented programming language designed for teaching undergraduate students. This means the language is designed ...

The X-Phis We discover experimental philosophy, or x-Phis, with Josh Knobe. Guest: Josh Knobe Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/kiki. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. MP3 feed URL:  http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/twit.cachefly.net/dksh0120.mp3 People:  Kirsten ...

Science Friction by Kyell Gold Meet Vaxy the pine marten. He's a graduate student at sunny Hoffridge U., where he helps Dr. Forrest with teaching, lab work, and getting his pants off whenever things are slow. Meet Mike the rabbit. He's Vaxy's roommate and not-boyfriend, and he certainly wouldn't ...

A Nashua man has been accused of making several homemade bombs, but he said it was all part of a science experiment, and he had no intention of hurting anyone.

A bill before Ohio lawmakers would require private insurance companies to cover all types of chemotherapy treatments the same way.John Hoctor of the American Cancer Society says, right now, traditional intravenous treatments and newer, oral medications are covered differently by health insurance. WKSU's ...

From the "bragging about my kids file"…. My talented daughter is having to take a few more courses at the University of Regina to get her teacher certification here in Saskatchewan. She's taking an elementary science course and convinced her professor that perhaps she could combine her music ...

Screen Shot 2011 11 11 at 12.45.20 PM 520x245 Theres more to Twitter than you think: Current studies arent science Wait just a minute, Internet. Of the many ways social media analysts are measuring Twitter, general keyword usage is usually regarded as one of the top determining factors in “popularity” ...

asimo Asimo Gets An Upgrade For robot fans, Honda's Asimo has perhaps always been the biggest treasure: He's been in development for decades, and Honda just this week revealed a refresh that makes Asimo the most advanced yet. There's a host of improvements, from slicker and faster gaits, more sophisticated ...

They might sound like the ramblings of a mad professor, or as examples of typically British eccentricity.

The advocacy of "Meat-Free Mondays" by Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his daughters Stella and Mary is very commendable and good science, says Rose Prince.