Milk, blueberry muffins, honeycrisp apples, ice hockey, L’etoile du Nord and “Hail! Minnesota.” Each is among 20 state ...

What symbol could possibly stand for all of science? Wolpe offers no suggestions, merely noting that it would have to be simple, versatile, instantly recognizable, and all-encompassing; “a ...

Science needs a universal symbol. In the face of irrational opposition, it's time for the scientific community to have its own bumper sticker. By Paul Root Wolpe ...

It happens all over the periodic table. The chemical symbol for lead is Pb. For mercury, Hg. For antimony, Sb. My chemistry teacher in high school cracked up every time she referred to the symbol ...

This self-generated symbol of the self operates only on the level of symbols. It has no access to the workings of nerve cells and neurotransmitters, the microscopic electrochemical machinery of ...

To its Government, Kapitza was most valuable as a symbol of national security. To U.S. academicians, Peter Kapitza also stood as a symbol—a living symbol of science’s lost internationalism.

However, while the correct symbol for medicine features just one snake, the US is far from alone in mistakenly adopting the caduceus. Other nations currently using this alchemical impostor include ...