You may be wired to be a slacker. But good news: your bladder will wait
News today out of Vanderbilt University is that your lack of motivation may not, contrary to what your father or your high school principal may have told you, have anything to do with your dead ass. In...
View ArticleWine Science: the legacy of Dr. Konstantin Frank and Finger Lakes wines
RIT Journalism student Melody Flammger explores the deeper science of wine-making in the Finger Lakes as Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinyards celebrates their 5th anniversary.
View ArticleBlue-green algae on Sodus Bay: how an RIT discovery may prevent future blooms
Algae is back in Sodus Bay. Blue-green algae, to be exact. Only, to be exact, blue-green algae isn’t algae at all… Confused, yet? Blue-green algae is actually an organism known as cyanobacteria. Being...
View ArticleDurand, Sodus… China? The world-wide algae problem.
Nature.com reports today that China is experiencing what they believe is the first-ever “brown tide,” or large algae bloom of brown algae. This bloom is threatening fisheries along China’s very long...
View ArticleOnions are so good for you, they’ll make you cry
Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a good cry. This is especially true when chopping onions, although not for the emotional release. The component in that pungent misty stuff in onions that...
View ArticleWho doesn’t like eating lobster? Not lobsters, that’s for sure. Lobster...
One of my favorite parts about visiting my soon-to-be in laws is the food. Yes, my future mother-in-law is an excellent cook, but the best part is that they live in Maine, and you know what that means:...
View ArticleBetter wine through genomics: Rochester boffins discover wine grape bacteria
As world populations continue to climb and food sources become more and more crucial to protect from all threats, it is good to know that someone’s taking the wine seriously. Researchers at the...
View ArticleOn the Fourth Day of Christmas, a present for Rochester and Mayor Richards
Ever notice that whoever wrote the “12 Days of Christmas” song had a severe bird fetish? At least six of these 12 days of true love gift giving are bird related, and possibly more. History has debated...
View ArticleYour heart and a worm’s butt: besties?
You know, when you think about it – I mean, really think about it – there is… really nothing obvious about the connection between a worm’s pooper and your ticker. But things are not always as they...
View ArticleHeavy Petting: how nerve endings in your skin make petting awesome.
Petting. Your dog loves it. You love it. Which makes you watching your dog love it… a little weird. But the truth is, from humans to cats and dogs and beyond, social mammals adore being gently stroked...
View ArticleOur new patrons: how one former FSB dissident ended up dead in London.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on December 12th, 2006. It has been lightly edited to reflect some changing facts. If you have other updates that should be posted, please contact me....
View ArticleConsequences, intended or otherwise
The thing about being a billionaire real estate mogul (real or perceptual) is that there really aren’t any consequences to pissing people off. There are no consequences when you antagonize the media;...
View ArticleStatistics, Science and Stubbornness
I’ve been holding onto this article for a week, now, but I’m finally going to flag this for you now. It’s a great article with plenty worth reading in it. And in it, author William Davies asks the...
View ArticleErrors in Execution
The rolling window of “Trump could have done this better” excuses for the Trump White House’s dick-tripping incompetence is getting tiresome. Three weeks in, and I think everybody could use a vacation,...
View ArticleI guess we’re all socio-political bigots.
We’re getting closer and closer to defining our politics as a scientific imperative, day by day. A recently-published study tested a couple basic hypothesis aimed at predicting the relative prejudice...
View ArticleA Fundamental Question: what did the Russian hack look like?
Senator Al Franken was just on This Week with Martha Radditz, talking about the Russian hack into our elections and the Trump Campaign’s strange relationship with said. In discussing the hack itself,...
View ArticleThis Republican Moment, Visualized as Punnett Squares
Late Update: As of 3:40 this afternoon, the AHCA bill got pulled from the floor and there will be no vote today, if ever. So we can say for sure that environmental pressures elicited a complete...
View ArticleFake News: 5 Ways to Not Become an Online News Luddite
The fake news got to us. And I suppose the result was obvious. A wellspring has bubbled up through the blogosphere and is now producing blog articles sounding the alarm: other blogs might be “fake...
View ArticleThe House GOP’s AHCA Health Care Bill is Cruel. Because it Had to Be.
Let’s all remember how we got here. Before Obamacare, before the Tea Party, before the election of Barack Obama, we had a healthcare crisis. Premiums were skyrocketing. Insurance companies were cutting...
View ArticleTop 5 Things That Don’t Last as Long as James Sheppard’s non-Voting Record
I’m sure I’ve been slow-on-the-stick on this score, but it’s only just been made clear to me that James Sheppard, the former Rochester City Police Chief and current candidate for the Democratic...
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