Through the Spectrum
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Miriam Lauter in Features
A change in the language doctors use to define autism could affect hundreds of thousands of children.
This Could Get Heavy
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Aaron Gertler in Endnotes
Learning to lift; learning to live.
Pillow Talk
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Nicholas Geiser in Criticals
The recent debate over Sex Week stands in for the discussion no one’s having about educating—and sleeping with—the Facebook generation.
Cheeseboy and the Golden Sandwiches
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Alec Joyner in Points of Departure
Cheeseboy is a young and rapidly expanding company that operates “quick-service restaurants” specializing in grilled cheese. It is also the nickname of the company’s cheese-crazy founder and president, Michael Inwald SOM ’10.
Pressed Specimens
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Mitchell Murdock in Points of Departure
Botanists are currently engaged in the colossal task of preserving fragile, sometimes centuries-old leaves in online databases where scientists worldwide can access and analyze them.
Getting Warmer
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Yvette Borja in Points of Departure
Robert Mendelsohn, a climate change economist at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, accuses scientists of being alarmist in their public statements about global warming.
X-Cubed
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Rae Ellen Bichell in Points of Departure
Kanani Lee’s lab studies a little-known layer near the planet’s core, about 1,800 miles beneath the surface and 257 times deeper than the deepest place on the ocean floor.
Stopping the Presses
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Victoria Sanchez in Points of Departure
The New Haven Register is closing its press this month. In the future, the paper will be printed in Hartford.
Fear of Needles
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Helen Knight in Features
New Haven proved that syringe exchange programs prevent the spread of HIV. Why won’t Congress pay for them?
A Fine Kettle of Fish
Posted on 17. Feb, 2012 by Cathy Huang in Snapshots
The Maritime Aquarium in South Norwalk turned the tide for a depressed neighborhood.
