Whois James Delingpole? Never heard of him?  I'm not surprised, really.  James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything. Who said that?  James…

Scheikunde is Dutch for Chemistry, and literally means "Separation Science".  Now, if one has a carpet made of 85% polypropylene and 15% wool, how does one go about separating them? Have no fear…

India under pressure to accept Copenhagen Accord: Ramesh PTI, 13 January 2010, 03:34pm IST NEW DELHI: India has said it was under pressure from some developing nations to accept the Copenhagen Accord…

Pollution control: India ranks 123rd IANS, 29 January 2010, 04:02am IST | WASHINGTON: India and China rank 123rd and 121st in pollution control respectively, reflecting the strain rapid economic…

Curiouser and curiouser .... it appears that smoking is not longer bad enough.  Now, by the act of smoking, we are also generating that evil, pernicious secondary smoke.  Just went you…

The LA Times is way more awesome than I ever realized. First, they have this section called "LA Unleashed: All things animal in southern California and beyond." That's one awesome. Next, LA Unleashed…

Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners - A mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential threat. [LiveScience] When I first saw this article, I thought it couldn't be as…

A recent AP News story told of 16-year-old Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks, California, who is sailing around the world solo, intending to become the youngest to succeed. Her globe circumnavigating…

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.  ~Hugh Walpole Everyone knows as a scientist your expected to be busy asking questions and challenging…

If you like to try your hand at new things and have a penchant for the old or shiny.. no not your dating taste, but something earthier... you may want to consider a trip to Vermillion Bluffs near…

Since the start of UN after the world war II how much money has been spent by its different bodies  in total through an army of organisations and what is the total outcome of the environmental…

I’ve already written how it irks me that so few scientific publications include good detail of how the animal subjects were used. Everyone needs a pet peeve; this is [one of] mine. I’ve been…

As someone who occasionally (or sometimes more than occasionally) says the wrong thing in an attempt to be helpful or comforting of "fix" the situation, I was particularly terrified by a recent…

About a third way up the mountain, on Mt. Sinai, Moses was given six visions in the year 1598 BC, about two months after the Exodus from Egypt. Each vision was twelve hours long, revealing events on…

In a recent post on my personal blog, I talked about television content delivery and pricing. What I didn’t mention in that post, particularly when I talked about the lack of choice, is that there is…

I have been lagging behind lately with my usual browsing of other physics blogs. So let me catch up here and suggest a few posts which should be interesting to read. Peter Woit is always an…

I have many friends around the world. Some of them are far away, some live close by; but it is not the spatial separation what determines how often we meet, talk, or spend time together: it is rather…

Climate funds may cool heels of big bosses but can they cool the climate. Global climate change is a man made activity and without peoples participation the restoration of carbon balance is…

Haiti Event Supersite Established The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has set up a website page bringing together a welter of geological facts about the recent earthquake in Haiti, together with…

Newsday.com : Paywall Ain't Working The internet is a very powerful tool for education and for research.  At a click of a mouse button I can escape my parochial world-view and embark on a…