Science

October 10, 2012 9:36 AM

Nobel chemistry winner credits UMD years

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to a Little Falls, Min., native who says that his experiences as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, Duluth made him want to pursue a research career.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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October 9, 2012 6:22 AM

Frenchman, American win physics Nobel

Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland opened the door to new experiments in quantum physics by showing how to observe individual quantum particles without destroying them, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

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October 8, 2012 7:48 PM

SpaceX launch good for NASA, not private firm

A private rocket successfully sent a capsule full of cargo zipping toward the International Space Station in a first of its kind delivery for NASA, but couldn't deliver on job No. 2: putting a commercial satellite into the correct orbit.

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October 8, 2012 9:44 AM

Nobel prize to Briton, Japanese for stem cell work

A British researcher and a Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that ordinary cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells

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October 7, 2012 10:00 PM

Einstein letter on God for sale on eBay

A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as a product of human weakness is being sold on eBay for a starting price of $3 million.

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October 7, 2012 10:24 AM

Private space mission ready to launch

A lot depends on the weather but if all goes well Sunday night, the first privately contracted supply mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to get under way.

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October 4, 2012 5:00 AM

Science or the Bible? It doesn't have to be one or the other

The Bible tells us who's responsible for creation. Science tells us how to care for it.

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October 1, 2012 3:00 PM

The ethics of sex-selection procedures in the womb

More couples are paying to select the sex of their children when they conceive. About 80 percent of American parents are using the procedure to have girls. Is it ethical to choose the sex of a child?

by Emily Kaiser