As a child I would ask my father if we take all the minerals, vitamins, amino acids, hormones through injections tablets or in syrup what is the need to take food ? My father a botanist of 1940s…

Just appeared on Physics World online: the first of my two feature articles on LHC physics in 2011, which are being published in this month's issue.

Not particularly earth-shattering, this, but mildly bloggable nonetheless! People wrote the bible, we all know that. But for the most part, we really don't know who. Many books have their origins in…

Remember when there were two well-funded start-ups competing to sell you dog food over the Internet?  And AOL could buy Time-Warner? The good old days of pretend Internet money may be back.…

Fluoride levels in ground water of Niwai tehsil adjacent to Sanganer tehsil are increasing day by day. They have reached from 0.5 ppp to 6 ppm levels which is very harmful for human consumption.…

Engineers in the Internet Engineering Task Force, in the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, and elsewhere have been debating how to handle e-mail-server blocklists in an IPv6 network. Let’s take a…

Some ofthe theories or concepts like 'Film theory of the Universe' of physics and 'wave genetics' of Biology leads to a answer for ideas which were not explained by science. The school of thought…

Population is increasing in third world. Resources are decreasing in third world. Same amount of land, water, food, and clothing and shelter has to be shared by greater number of persons. More people…

I went to an old link to the Kids Science Zone ("Awesome Science for Kids"), kidssciencezone.com/astronomy.  It said "Nothing found!" Oh, wait, the top-level structure had changed, so I clicked…

Two hundred million years ago, Washington was two large islands, bits of continent on the move westward, eventually bumping up against the North American continent and calling it home. Even with…

Vancouver has a spectacular mix of mountains, lowlands all wrapped lovingly by our deep blue Pacific. When we look to the North Shore, the backdrop is made more spectacular by the Coast Mountains…

A curious tale! Not least because the writer has no compunctions about referring to squid as fish. While the group "fish" is by no means taxonomically rigorous, and comprises creatures as diverse as…

A traditional Chinese extract from the bark of the magnolia tree, an ancient genus that goes back some 95-million years, gives you fresh breath by killing off the nasty oral microbes that cause…

A traditional Chinese extract from the bark of the magnolia tree, an ancient genus that goes back some 95-million years, gives you fresh breath by killing off the nasty oral microbes that cause…

A traditional Chinese extract from the bark of the magnolia tree, an ancient genus that goes back some 95-million years, gives you fresh breath by killing off the nasty oral microbes that cause…

I'm Back - With an Apology I have been absent from science20.com for some time due to illness.  I apologize for not reponding to the many comments and emails I have received in my absence. I was…

Climate change is permanent change in climatic conditions of a region generally associated with altered rainfall, agricultural pattern, temperature conditions, droughts, floods, snow or high heat or…

CLICK HERE for some pictures showing how giant African pouched rats are being used to detect land mines and tuberculosis in Tanzania and Mozambique. Their noses are very sensitive to TNT, and they…

That was a joke. I don't think it's actually revolutionary. But Shimano sure does! "Shimano says its Egi System will not only catch you more squid but will make your squid fishing even more enjoyable…

Fast urban development, rapid population growth, and industrialization are turning cities in nightmares of traffic jams and pollution levels of air, water and groundwater are alarming. From West…