Thoreau: Fully Annotated
June 13, 2014
In a month, it will have been ten years since Jeffrey S. Cramer published Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition. Cramer has had a prolific and successful decade, editing numerous volumes… READ MORE
Category: Science
Madness and Memory: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D.
June 5, 2014
Although he encountered enormous skepticism, Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner persevered in his research on the causes of degenerative brain diseases, convinced the scientific community of his findings, and, in 1997, received the Nobel Prize. He… READ MORE
How to Love the Uncuddly and Endangered Double-Crested Cormorant
May 21, 2014
Jennifer Doerr— As long as I can remember, I’ve loved birds. As a child, I would spend long stretches of time planted, crossed-legged on the floor, in front of our… READ MORE
YUP April Green Tip: Celebrate Book Swap Month!
April 28, 2014
Follow @yaleSCIbooks April’s known for its spring showers, but April is also book swap month! Our 4th annual Book Swap took place here at YUP during the week of April 21st– 25th. We… READ MORE
Video: Ship of Death, A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World
April 7, 2014
In 1792, a ship set sail from England with the best of intentions. Its tragic journey would change the course of history forever. Historian Billy Smith uncovered a remarkable story of tragedy… READ MORE
YUP March Green Tip: Take this Month’s Sustainability Challenge!
March 25, 2014
Did you know March is Trash Month here at Yale? Read about the life cycle of your garbage and take this month’s Sustainability Challenge by visiting the Yale Sustainability website.
The Deadly Dinner Party: Real-Life Medical Detective Mysteries
March 7, 2014
Follow @yaleSCIbooks We can’t get enough of detective mysteries. On television, police or medical procedurals and dramas such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House M.D., Sherlock, and Elementary, draw us… READ MORE
How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Internet?
March 1, 2014
Every day hundreds of thousands of websites are created and the number of unique Internet users is up in the billions. Our collective addiction to Facebook and Google is such… READ MORE
Reverend Bayes and the Internet
February 27, 2014
What does an 18th-century English minister have in common with such modern innovations as e-mail spam filters, Google searches, and even Clippy, the iconic (and sometimes reviled) paperclip-shaped Microsoft Office… READ MORE
Goodreads Giveaway: Win a Copy of “It’s Complicated” by danah boyd
February 21, 2014
Goodreads is hosting a February book giveaway of It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by danah boyd. Enter now to win your free copy of this timely book that analyzes teenage… READ MORE
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