HuffPost Science: Higgs Announcement; How Your Skeleton Grows; Comet & Moon

March 14, 2013 Subscribe · Forward CONFIRMED The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Continue reading... Tiny Rodent Sheds Light On How Human Skeletons Grow Happy Pi Day! PHOTOS: Comet & Moon Light Up Night Sky NASA: Ancient Mars Could Have Sustained Life Brain Structure May Have Contributed To Neanderthals' Demise Powerful New Observatory Inaugurated At High-Desert Site CONFIRMED Brain Structure May Have Contributed To Neanderthals' Demise CONFIRMED Brain Structure May Have Contributed To Neanderthals' Demise WATCH: Why Do We Get Older? WRAY HERBERT A New Look at Perception (Thank You, El Greco) The El Greco fallacy is a peculiar kind of illogical thinking, which is highly intuitive but obviously wrong once it's illuminated. It may be keeping alive one of the most popular -- but questionable -- ideas now current in the field of human perception. Continue reading... IAN GLYNN Elegance in Science: The Beauty of Simplicity An elegant mathematical proof, an elegant theory, or an elegant experiment is one that is economical and imaginative, and sometimes breathtakingly simple once explained. Continue reading... MARIO LIVIO Where and When Did the Symbols " " and "–" Originate? The symbols for the arithmetic operations of addition (plus; "+") and subtraction (minus; "-") are so common today we hardly ever think about the fact that they didn't always exist. Continue reading... LEWIS LAPHAM The Conquest of Nature Over the course of the last two centuries, animals have become all but invisible in the American scheme of things, drummed out of the society of their myth-making companions, gone from the rural as well as the urban landscape. Continue reading... LAUREN PECORINO U.S. Climate Warms for Stem Cell Research Advanced Cell Technology is seeking the go-ahead from the FDA to initiate the first clinical trials using the iPSC-derived cells later this year. They plan to produce platelets that can be used for blood-clotting diseases. It is time that stem cells gain their place in medicine. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.