Jul 16th, 2007 · South Dakota native, Robb Rolfing, graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Physics and Astronomy. But he always dreamed of being a Green Beret. Staff Sgt. Rolfing survived his first deployment to Iraq, but not his second. He was killed while patrolling in Baghdad.
Apr 8th, 2007 · Jennifer Ouellette's book The Physics of the Buffyverse explores the very real principles of science in a not-so-real world: the long-running TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Apr 2nd, 2006 · Jennifer Ouellette's new book is Black Bodies and Quantum Cats, subtitled "Tales from the Annals of Physics." The author tells Liane Hansen she hopes readers will see that physics is more than a cold, hard discipline: It has emotional content.
Feb 7th, 2006 · Mental trauma led to physical disease among American Civil War veterans, according to a study appearing in the current issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry magazine. Scientists found that younger and more traumatized soldiers had much higher rates of illness later in life. Michelle Trudeau reports on the study, and how the findings could apply to today's veterans.
Jan 18th, 2006 · By a 6-to-3 vote the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Oregon law that allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of narcotics to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. The physician-assisted suicide law is the only one in the country.
Jan 17th, 2006 · The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in favor of Oregon's law allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients commit suicide. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal narcotics to those who have been certified by two physicians as psychologically unimpaired and having less than six months to live.
Jan 17th, 2006 · Dr. Peter Rasmussen, a doctor of medical oncology, hospice and palliative medicine in Oregon, talks about how the Supreme Court ruling to uphold physician-assisted suicide in his state will affect his practice.
Jan 16th, 2006 · A recent report from the American College of Chest Physicians questions the effectiveness of cough syrups. Madeleine Brand talks with physician and Yale Medical School professor Dr. Sydney Spiesel.