Scientists who win Nobel Prizes become "visible scientists" - getting "almost bulletproof prestige and a reputation that can open just about any door," writes Massimiano Bucchi in The MIT Press Reader ...

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Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and growing actual living cells such as bacteria and fungi. They would be ...

Katalin Karikó thought the call was a joke. It was 3 a.m. on October 2, 2023. Her husband answered the phone. As someone in building maintenance, “he quite frequently gets calls for fixing this and ...

The challenge here is clearly highlighted on the book’s cover, where “positive” is coloured a bright shiny yellow. After all, we know how tipping points work – a small change makes a big, sometimes ...

It is said that when a scientist enters the threshold of a science lab with his casual clothes he also puts off all his beliefs and faith at the door and puts on a scientific temperament with his lab ...

Chapter 1. Isn't science sublime? -- Part One. The Physicists: Chapter 2. Richard Feynman: the consensual sublime ; Chapter 3. Steven Weinberg: the conjectural sublime ; Chapter 4. Lisa Randall: the ...