Science Update

Self-Healing Materials

April 18, 2001

A synthetic material can heal itself when it's cracked or broken.

April 16, 2001

Software that can identify a person by his or her handwriting

April 13, 2001

Looking for earth-like planets with the Infrared Space Observatory satellite

April 11, 2001

Using an eye-tracking device to learn how children process spoken language

April 9, 2001

Calculating the dose fraction for thousands of pollutants to assess how harmful they are to humans

April 6, 2001

Ethical issues prevent human embryonic stem cells from being studied widely as a treatment for …

April 4, 2001

Computerized speech can teach Japanese adults to distinguish Ôr' and Ôl'

April 2, 2001

People are good at predicting what others will do, but not what they themselves will.

March 30, 2001

Human life expectancy should eventually level off to around 85 years or so-- not keep exceeding …

March 29, 2001

How USGA golf handicaps aren't as fair for less-experienced players

March 28, 2001

How pregnancy makes women susceptible to autoimmune diseases, and may shed light on other causes of …

March 27, 2001

Gathering information on the aspects of global change and how humans affect it