News tagged with studying science

What is good science?

Scientific knowledge is important in today's knowledge society. Research is the guarantor of the quality of knowledge, though it is often not clear how scientific research guarantees the reliability of knowledge. How different ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

1.5 million-year-old fossil humans walked on modern feet (Video)

Ancient footprints found at Rutgers' Koobi Fora Field School show that some of the earliest humans walked like us and did so on anatomically modern feet 1.5 million years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Study suggests possible treatment for neurological disorder Rett syndrome

Using injections of a small derivate of the protein insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have successfully treated ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0