Friday, October 2, 2009
Horned, female and bovine- but why?
For decades scientists have been trying to understand why some female bovid species, a group that includes medium and large sized, cloven hoofed ungulates such as the water buffalo, bison, yak and cattle, have horns and others do not.
Friday, September 25, 2009
In August, The New York Times ran an article detailing how the Conficker virus is a threat to Windows systems. The next day, Wired picked up the story and ran it again. I got a frenzy of calls, and even people here at work asked me if I'd seen the stories. One of my friends at work, Dan DeNicola, requested a column on the subject. OK, Dan. But this might not be what you expected.
