Now, this may sound like a New Age centre for feel-good flaky philosophies, but it isn't: it's a neuroscience research laboratory. Run by Richard Davidson, who became famous for testing the brain…

Part One? Just for giggles one day I went over to Cleverbot.com to have a little chat with what is proportedly the "latest and greatest" AI on the internet.There was a rumor going around that it had…

Quasicrysstals What is quasicrystal? I have it in mind that quasicrystal is the crystal with 5-fold symmetry, from the course of crystallography. It is well know that according to translational…

This should be a good read:Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined…

This will be all greek to everyone. From Rich Shull Once hailed as the next Temple Grandin. As we finally connected life from our mr/dd roots to what ever we do now as old high functioning…

To make the bio-diesel from Calotropis Procera. I have searched a lot on internet and journals on this plant. I want to know that this plant is better than the Jatropha for this purpose. I wnat your…

Earlier this week Zimmer asked readers to help out science journalists and participate in a survey about where we get our science news. He's got the results up. You can go see for yourself what…

Update: for those who aren't familiar with creationist propaganda, some of them like to blame all of the evils of the world upon Darwin. These include racism, fascism, and communism/Stalinism. All…

The US average wind speed is 12.5 mph.If you double the wind speed you increase power potential by times 8.If you double the diameter of your blades increase power potential by times 4. Last…

This is an interview of Prof. Richard J. Davidson on Shrink Rap Radio, hosted by David Van Nuys, discussing his research on meditation and the brain. Davidson tells that his research shows that…

Much has been written about how inspirational teachers can turn students on to a subject they perhaps would otherwise have let drift away. But what do you do if you're really into a subject but have…

I've read 3 Bibles cover to cover, and, I am a science addict.I hear often about Creation verses Evolution, Religions seeking to disprove Evolution, and Evolution seeming to represent disproving…

Baez has been blogging about math and physics since the pre-blog era. He's got some thoughts on whether mathematicians should blog (PDF): Should you blog about mathematics? Judging from what I’…

Someday ,when the building block thoughts of the mind, the picture thoughts Temple Grandin wrote about and the ones high functioning autistic people build upon are generally known about , common…

Nominations for this year's Nobel Peace Prize have closed and, amongst a record 237 nomination, it includes "The Internet". All of it, apparently! Every computer, every server, every router that is…

One of CERN's liquid containment units - a coffee mug - is shown to leak profusely when an attempt is made to put it into commission. A hapless pair of PR gurus bought their mugs at CERN's gift shop…

"A male astrophysicist talks physics to the astronomers and astronomy to the physicists, but then he meets another astrophysicist, and they discuss women." Unknown

Carl Zimmer want to know where you get your science news. Go take his survey and let him know. Why a survey? The science writing business is changing rapidly, and aspiring writers need some…

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Neuroscience has a problem. It may appear to be a mere philosophical problem but has practical implications for the broader philosophy of science and the scientific method. One of the big projects…