21st Century : Science

Brain alcohol How does the brain compensate for excess alcohol? Dartmouth researchers are learning more about the effects of alcohol on the brain.

Laser trapping of erbium Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used lasers to cool and trap erbium atoms.

Where is everybody? We live in a big galaxy with billions of stars. So, where is everybody?

Genetics Today Genetics began by being ignored. Now it has the opposite problem. Mendel was dismissed because his work seemed unimportant, but today genes are everywhere and the public is fascinated by their promises and disturbed by their threats.

Consciousness Consciousness is widely viewed as the last frontier of science. Modern science may have split the atom and solved the mystery of life, but it has yet to explain the source of conscious feelings.