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Joshua Lederberg won the Nobel Prize for discovering that bacteria can mate and exchange genes through bacterial conjugation,

At a certain age, it becomes increasingly difficult to make new friends.

               

I'm a big fan of birds. If you watch them for long enough, you will see more than their colors, sizes, and shapes. They also have distinct personalities.

As a writer —and, more importantly, as a reader —I am growing increasingly concerned about the role of reading in our culture, if for no other reason than the well-being of my grandchildren. 

There are many types of ice.

Without training, it drops about 1% per year after age 30—10% per decade. But consistent aerobic exercise can slow that to 0.5% per year, or even reverse it. Strength training plus steady runs keep mitochondria firing and capillaries expanding.

One way to think of sodium metal is as an "amusing lethal weapon." Here's why. Sodium is exciting!

At last, I found an article that provides an explanation for why our experts led us astray during the days of COVID.

While the evidence and experts in the two cases differ, the basis for the decisions and the judges’ approach in making their rulings are identical: Both found that the plaintiffs’ experts’ testimony was scientifically unreliable under