This is my last post of my blog. I have decided to totally quit my blogging activities after the last incident. My participation in the scientific collaborations CDF and CMS has always been a problem…

This week's Friday Fossil is Arthropleura. "Calm down, dear!!" I'm about to pop off to the isle of Arran, the poster-child of British Geology. Not many countries can boast a handy island that has…

In the 1970s, the federal government mandated that only universities that adhered to racial quotas could receive federal money - as a result, nearly all U.S. universities today receive federal…

Earth's gravity revealed in unprecedented detail This latest news release from ESA, the European Space Agency, gives us the most accurate picture yet of the geoid, which is the surface of an ideal…

Labeling things with their carbon footprint is an idea that I didn't realise was new; in fact I thought it had been done already at Tesco's. Anyway, my ignorance aside, Vandenbergh et al have…

Sprouts are regarded as a healthy food source, rich with vitamins, minerals and non-meat proteins, but they've also been recalled five times in the last two years for salmonella and hundreds of…

Not all satellite building involves blowing things up, frying circuits, and desperately hacking hardware.  Sometimes you get regulatory-related requests such as "provide a brief abstract of your…

Research was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology today with analysis of three different clinical trials that looked at Lipitor (scientific name: atorvastatin).  The…

I am sure there is nobody who would disagree when I say that the Japanese earthquake and tsunami were devastating disasters which have caused untold misery for hundreds of thousands of people and…

On today's online version of the highest-diffusion newspaper in Italy, Il Corriere Della Sera (a bit too right-winged for me, but still an important source) stands a piece signed by none less than…

"To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life." -James Joyce Craig Venter is brilliant. Brilliant enough, you might say, to enter the ranks of literary gods. So brilliant, he…

Scientists are buisy writing for magazines with impact factor and H factor value who cares for river Yamuna? This was news item that drains will stop flowing in Yamuna in Delhi area in next 4 years…

There's a paper out in ProcSoc B about aggressive mimicary, a very devious way to hunt by pretending to be prey or a mate, and then gobbling the hapless critter that comes to investigate. Here are…

I just stumbled across a list of favorite ocean flicks, posted at The Film Pilgrim. The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo make a necessary appearance, as do epic disaster shows like Titanic and The…

New Energy Source Discovered ... what do we find today, now that the internet is so common and so many people are using it to communicate and share ideas? A new energy source, that's what. Ahren…

(Or, if you prefer, "Employing Utilitarian Eudaemonism.") Today's lesson will be about ad hominem attacks. Ad hominem attacks are “attacking the messenger, rather than the message.” This happens in…

Successful Revolutions and Unsuccessful rebellions follow a common pattern: those who hold the heavy armored weapons and aircraft usually win in the street.  This is one major reason why the…

President Obama's recent actions have set a clear black line which repressive governments now cannot cross.  By targeting and destroying Qaddafi's heavy weapons, navy and air-force, in the…

1. Introduction 2: Patterns3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth4: Patterns and Processes So far, PAChas been introduced as one epistemological system amongst others, has its ownfocus, (hopefully)…

Methodological Stuff:1. Introduction 2: Patterns3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: A pattern of Difference A Pattern of Feedback So far, PAC has been…