Marcus Moretti
Mental appetite for drugs and food linked, study says

  Drug use and eating may be connected in more ways than munchies. Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released a study Monday […]

Dinosaurs hardened pinecones, study says

Elementary school arts and crafts would not be the same had it not been for the eating habits of dinosaurs. Andrew Leslie, a postdoctoral paleobotanist […]

Tierney talks willpower, self-discipline

Amy Chua may have a point with regard to her parenting philosophy, according to veteran science columnist John Tierney ’75. Tierney, who has written for […]

Chemists tackle ovarian cancer

Yale chemists are working to prevent cancer. Assistant chemistry professor Seth Herzon and his team of researchers have synthesized a molecule which has led to […]

Moretti: What’s wrong with right?

“Right” with an upward inflection has slowly invaded the Ivy League idiom. If you listen for it, you will quickly find the new crutch-word ending […]