Biodiversity Informatics: the emergence of a field Indra Neil Sarkar1,2,3 1 Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA 2 Department of Microbiology…

World leaders address fraught climate summit Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Thu, Dec 17 04:15 PM Copenhagen, Dec. 17 -- Persistently deep divisions…

In his book on infidelity, “The Truth about Cheating: Why Men Stray and What you can do to Prevent it,” M. Gary Neuman asked the men he surveyed the following two questions. a)    Was…

Biofuels During the last decade biofuels have gained their place as an energy source with huge prospects. The most important drivers behind this process are strong government policies in the leading…

In honor of Scientific Blogging physics fave Tommaso Dorigo's inside-referenced-named "Say of the Week" I would, just this once, like to mimic him as best I can, because this was just too good to…

FACT Project Kenya Title: Jatropha Curcas for local energy production Location: Gwassi Hills, Suba District, Kenya Duration: 3 years Partners: Stichting Het Groen Woudt (NL), Osienala friends of the…

Climate conference emits its share of carbon Buzz Up Share If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels…

DOE Secretary Steven Chu and IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri speak at Bright Green by Rebecca Lutzy on 12/14/2009 15:27 0 comments , 739 views Categories: Headline, Carbon and De-carbonization,…

Celebrities, activists descend on Copenhagen NGOs find innovative ways to spread the message — Photo: AFP California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to the media as he leaves his hotel in…

Thanks to the zillions of friendly people who sent me links to the coconut octopus story, I can share accounts from slashdot, treehugger, new scientist, the AP, and of course, the BBC. Much indignant…

The American religious experience is changing. The mystical experience has long been a part of the human religious experience. It is in fact believe to be the original documented form of the…

Consider this an open letter to Hank, not as an act of aggression but because, hey, I'm due a blog post for today anyway. We need a "Computational Science" section.  It's okay for stuff that…

Who is the president of physics? Hawking, maybe? "I mean, what's more likely -- that I have uncovered fundamental flaws in this field that no one in it has ever thought about, or that I need to read…

India under attack as high drama mars climate summit Copenhagen: India and China came under a concerted attack from rich nations Monday for a three-hour suspension of the Dec 7-18 climate summit,…

The United States, Russia and a United Nations arms control committee are discussing methods to, "strengthen Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace." It interesting how different…

The government of China has funded and opened a pipeline going from Turkmenistan to Xinjiang province in China.  The pipeline is set to provide, "40 billion cubic meters of gas for 30 years once…

Today's issue of Molecular Cell has two complementary papers on biological signal processing that look interesting (subscription required): "The Incoherent Feedforward Loop Can Provide Fold-Change…

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Be sure about one thing: in my very humble opinion it is not like Berlusconi would not deserve some kind of punishment, for the damage he has caused to my country. But violence is not the way.…

The question on everyone’s lips is “Why?” Why did someone like Tiger Woods, who had so much to lose, do what he did? Because he could? Because he didn’t care?We’ll never really know until the Oprah…