http://www.post-gazette.com/ 2013-05-17T16:15:51-04:00 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/lifestyle/the-new-wave-of-wearable-tech-is-rolling-in-687644/ 2013-05-15T00:09:44-04:00 Maria Sciullo msciullo@post-gazette.com 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00

The digital devices formerly carried in pocket or purse are becoming a part of personal style.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/actress-angelina-jolie-praised-for-openly-discussing-preventive-mastectomy-687635/ 2013-05-15T00:07:13-04:00 Mackenzie Carpenter mCarpenter@post-gazette.com 2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00

Can doctors expect a stampede of women into their offices demanding the same procedure? Yes and no.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/late-steeler-great-websters-case-launched-the-cte-brain-debate-687509/ 2013-05-14T00:07:22-04:00 Mark Roth mroth@post-gazette.com 2013-05-14T00:00:00-04:00

Mike Webster's family says his problems paved the way for understanding chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/long-term-brain-damage-at-heart-of-huge-nfl-lawsuit-687508/ 2013-05-14T00:07:18-04:00 Mark Roth mroth@post-gazette.com 2013-05-14T00:00:00-04:00

CTE is at the heart of lawsuits against the NFL

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/cyanide-laced-death-of-organ-donor-brings-calls-for-transparency-686692/ 2013-05-08T00:02:56-04:00 Mark Roth mroth@post-gazette.com 2013-05-08T00:00:00-04:00

A medical ethicist says organ transplant information could be shared in the case of the apparent cyanide-induced death of Autumn Klein.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/upmc-research-results-promising-for-disease-that-afflicts-preemies-686577/ 2013-05-07T00:11:14-04:00 Anya Sostek Asostek@post-gazette.com 2013-05-07T00:00:00-04:00

The University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh study finds the possible cause, treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/a-game-called-polly-is-designed-to-promote-literacy-686462/ 2013-05-06T00:09:38-04:00 2013-05-06T00:00:00-04:00

A silly phone game, Polly, provides a new information dissemination pattern for illiterate people in developing countries.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/book-club/stargazing-celestial-bookends-685466/ 2013-04-29T00:10:52-04:00 2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00

Jupiter, our bright "evening star" since December, sits opposite the sky from Saturn, the other largest planet in the solar system this week

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/is-evolution-missing-link-in-some-pennsylvania-high-schools-685389/ 2013-04-28T00:25:56-04:00 David Templeton dtempleton@post-gazette.com 2013-04-28T00:00:00-04:00

Evolution is not being taught robustly, if at all, in public school biology classes nationwide. Some teachers believe in creationism.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/pitt-findings-on-lou-gehrigs-disease-may-hold-hope-685092/ 2013-04-26T00:11:00-04:00 2013-04-26T00:00:00-04:00

A new study by researchers at Pitt's School of Medicine may hold promise for the understanding and treatment of ALS.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/nasa-discovers-planets-that-could-possibly-contain-water-684135/ 2013-04-19T00:11:52-04:00 David Templeton dtempleton@post-gazette.com 2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00

The NASA-led Kepler mission has discovered potentially habitable planets outside the solar system, with Beaver Falls native Justin R. Crepp

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/nasa-discovers-two-earth-like-planets-penn-state-grad-on-scientific-team-684053/ 2013-04-18T14:01:18-04:00 2013-04-18T14:00:00-04:00

The Kepler mission has found potentially habitable distant worlds with the right size and proximity to their star for life to exist.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/more-sports/university-of-pittsburgh-researcher-recognized-for-work-with-paralympics-681762/ 2013-04-02T00:11:21-04:00 Jack Kelly jkelly@post-gazette.com 2013-04-02T00:00:00-04:00

A Pitt professor who won a medal in the Paralympics now holds five patents for wheelchair applications.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/morning-file/the-universe-is-big-and-old-lets-just-leave-it-at-that-680746/ 2013-03-25T00:07:30-04:00 Gary Rotstein grotstein@post-gazette.com 2013-03-25T00:00:00-04:00

What The Morning File doesn't understand about physics could fill up billions and billions of cosmoses.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/a-return-to-normalcy-for-shadyside-chef-toni-pais-679667/ 2013-03-17T00:19:01-04:00 2013-03-17T00:00:00-04:00

The restaurateur is enjoying normalcy after brain surgery, performed using a general anesthetic, for Parkinson's disease.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/comet-panstarrs-will-appear-in-skies-above-pittsburgh-this-month-will-we-see-it-678386/ 2013-03-08T00:06:03-05:00 Pete Zapadka PZapadka@post-gazette.com 2013-03-08T00:00:00-05:00

The comet has been visible from the Southern Hemisphere for the past few months and will appear soon over the Pittsburgh region.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/ever-changing-flu-outwits-scientists-searching-for-vaccine-677819/ 2013-03-04T00:13:58-05:00 David Templeton dtempleton@post-gazette.com 2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00

The search for a universal flu vaccine continues as the 2012-13 flu season nears its end.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/science/how-reading-jane-austen-stimulates-your-brain-677726/ 2013-03-03T00:30:31-05:00 Mackenzie Carpenter mCarpenter@post-gazette.com 2013-03-03T00:00:00-05:00

Scholar Natalie Phillips, a Pittsburgh native, returns to describe her study examining the effect that reading Austen has on the brain.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/no-misfits-of-science-students-compete-in-southwestern-pennsylvania-science-bowl-676688/ 2013-02-24T00:25:06-05:00 Mark Roth mroth@post-gazette.com 2013-02-24T00:00:00-05:00

Sponsored by the federal Department of Energy, the contest is now in its 22nd year.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/former-carnegie-museum-director-will-lead-national-science-outreach-program-676414/ 2013-02-22T00:11:11-05:00 David Templeton dtempleton@post-gazette.com 2013-02-22T00:00:00-05:00

Samuel Taylor, former Carnegie Museum of Natural History director, will direct the national Science & Engineering Ambassadors Program.