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DUJS Science News

Biology Dartmouth biology prof links environmental conditions & sexual dimorphism size Dartmouth professor Ryan Calsbeek and postdoctoral researcher Robert Cox recently found that intraspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei) can be…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Unraveling the Ribosome’s Secrets

Science has come a long way towards explaining the intricately woven fabrics of life. There is what Francis Crick called the central dogma: DNA makes RNA which makes…

Roald Hoffmann: Winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Roald Hoffman, the fall 2009 Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, was born on July 18, 1937 in Zloczow, Poland. His childhood took place during a Russian occupation, and…

Resistant Love

Resistant Love As my resistor, you convert my energy to a heated flirt and you slow down these pulsing coloumbs ‘til I wither at your smallest frown yet…

The Quest for Superhuman Vision

When was the last time you met a person who had 20/20 vision with no glasses or contacts? Just think: in 2002 the World Heath Organization estimated that…