A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll finds Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) in good overall shape to win re-election in 2010 — though there just might be an opening for a Democratic primary challenger. In a ...

The same researchers behind the 13-sided "hat" shape have stumbled upon a version that improves upon the original in a very important way. Reading time 2 minutes In March, a group of mathematicians ...

Researchers have discovered a new 14-sided shape called the Spectre that can be used to tile a surface without ever creating a repeating pattern, ending a decades' long mathematical hunt. When you ...

Senator Arlen Specter is emerging as an unlikely hero for reproductive rights. photo: Frank Wiese/The Morning Call, specter.senate.gov photo: Frank Wiese/The Morning Call, specter.senate.gov Whoever ...

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