Baby squid are the cutest, right? I mean, right?  In 2010 I was lucky enough to join a baby squid workshop in La Paz, Mexico, where I met Spanish scientist Roger Villanueva. He has quite…

“The effect odor has on a consumer’s experience of the product is still not yet understood.” Prompting investigators at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands to set up two experiments in…

It may be of interest for those outside of science and academia to get a closer look at what diverse scientists’ work environments are like.  Some may be surprised about the drab conditions.…

There are several possible causes of keratitis – and a new one has recently been identified and described in the literature – with the publication of  ‘Long Eyebrow Hair as a Possible Cause of…

The use of plants as source of medicine dates back to about 4000 to 5000 B.C. The Indian and Chinese were the pioneers in using plants as valuable sources of medicine.  Ayurveda is a science of…

 List of some important medicinal plants common in various traditional system of medicine S. No. Botanical Name Ayurvedic Name Tibbi Name Siddha Name Tribal Name 1. Acacia nilotica (L.) Delile…

If if you're in media and tired old swine flu sounds too hammy to generate page views and bird flu does not make your audience cry fowl any more, there is good disease news - scientists may have…

 Last week-end I was being a good mother and drove my son to a party. We took off not long after the Sun had set. The last few evenings and nights have been crystal clear and completely…

If the owner of a tattoo needs surgery, what are the options for avoiding its disruption? A recent research paper from James Cook University Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital and North Tees…

Well, only if you intentionally ignore all of the data you have.Land based station average temps since 1980: YEAR MAXTEMP 1998 63.80498 1999 63.78164 2006 63.73651 2007 63.67106 2011 63…

Sanganer has developed as major hub of textile dyeing and  printing. Besides it is also famous for hand made paper. But this is causing havoc to the environment and almost none of the industry…

“Little scientific attention has been paid to the complex task of hula hooping.” – explains a recent research paper from the Sensorimotor Neuroscience Laboratory at McMaster University, Hamilton,…

The human demand for energy began long ago when apes metamorphosed into the first of what after another million years of evolution would become homo-sapiens. Survival was tough in the beginning, but…

Some science faculty are not happy because they believe that these days in science the trainees do not work the long hours like they used to in the "old days".Is that true? If it is true, is that a…

In a modern culture that promotes releasing the Id to do as it pleases (but then over-regulating what it can have access too, so no cigarettes, video games or trans-fats) fasting is out of place.…

“… the degree to which one smiles in photographs taken in early life predicts the likelihood that a person will be divorced later in life.” say researchers from the Touch and Emotion Lab at DePauw…

Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Family, Euphorbiacae) a succulent cactus-like plant growing to a height of about 10 m, was introduced from Africa as a garden plant. E. tirucalli Grows in arid zones as well…

Bloomberg calls it "South Pacific's Cruelest Catch": Yusril says the officers hit him in the face with fish and the boatswain repeatedly kicked him in the back for using gloves when he was sewing the…

“Despite the possibility of mixed feelings of disgust and amusement hardly anything is known about the relationship between these emotions.” Prompting researchers from Western Illinois University…

Recently I submitted an ABSTRACT for the Conference-COSPAR-12 , will be held at Mysore INDIA. unfortunately it was rejected for presentation. I am here with posting the same for the public interest.…