Reaching back to the Big Bang
Neil Turok calls the discovery of ripples in space-time ’absolutely spectacular, if it’s correct.’
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Kate Lunau
Kate Lunau is a health and science writer at Maclean’s Magazine, who previously reported for the Montreal Gazette. She’s the recipient of several journalism awards, including the 2014 Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award, and has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards. Like Elon Musk, she hopes to retire on Mars.
Does Alcoholics Anonymous fail addicts?
From 2014: Dr. Lance Dodes on why AA’s promotion of abstinence may be a problem
An end to bad hair days at the movies
Scientists offer a detailed model for a 3D strand of curly hair
Understanding ALS
ALS seems to be striking people who are younger and younger and doctors don’t know why
’Like an episode of Survivorman, shot in an especially exotic locale’
Book review: ’The Martian,’ by Andy Weir
Is ADHD a mental health crisis, or a cultural one?
From 2014: The reasons behind the rapid rise in diagnosis rates
All the right stuff
College students who transfer to university do well
The future of electronics? Stretchy, wearable ... flushable
How about a computer that could "melt into your skin, laminate onto your brain, or wrap around your heart"?
The robots are coming
Kate Lunau checks out the two robotic technologies that could be coming soon–one cool, one cute
The sea lion that can keep a beat
New research could shed light on music’s role in human society