Tag Archives: Nobel Prize

Richard Feynman, Famed Bongo-ist

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Katherine

Today on Science Friday, we’re talking about noted bongo player Richard Feynman. There’s a new book out by Lawrence Krauss about him — apparently Feynman did some stuff with science, too. Tune in.

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Elegance of form in art and nature

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Lynn Fellman

Shown above is an Illustration of the vertebrate telomerase from the Telemorase database. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak received The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected … Continue reading →

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The Science View

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Karen A. Frenkel

Like many women, I was excited about the number of women who received Nobel Prizes earlier this month. It seemed like a dismissal of Larry Summers’ famous remarks when he was president of Harvard that women are less capable in … Continue reading →

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