Autogynephilia: The love of one's self as a woman.  As used by psychologist and sexologist Ray Blanchard autogynephilia is a male's sexual attraction to the idea or image of their feminized self…

This topic isn't new, but it's worth revisiting (h/t to Bioephemera) - over at Physicsworld read about science's need for "black swan" scientists: If the path to discovery is full of surprises,…

A Brief History of the English Language Part 6 - Global English Part 1 briefly covered the period from the 5th century CE to the 14th century.Part 2 describes Chaucer's influence on the development…

Radiolarians are exquisitely beautiful amoeboid protozoa that have been living as zooplankton in the world’s oceans for about 600 million years. These tiny, siliceous, single-celled…

There is beauty in strange places. Think of the perfection of the shell midden, a pile of garbage that now holds interest for those who study archaeology (since garbology didn't sound as sexy).…

From CNN: Scientists spot oldest ever object in universe Wow, that gamma ray from the exploding star GRB 090423 is so old.  Why do we even keep it around?  It’s like, 95% as old as time.…

What we find at crime scenes and fossil sites is just as interesting as what is missing.  We see this play out in some of the freshwater sites of British Columbia. The Okanagan Highlands …

Well, the air in Minnesota is pretty clean, and I grew up there, so I'm identifying  with the rankings there instead of my current state of residence, which got surprisingly low grades. The…

Though we all know that nature has provided us with many vitamins, minerals and variety of  trace elements that are necessary for our survival, however, little we know that there are certain…

Our Society is a civilized society and we proudly say so. Living in a civilized society and calling ourselves as civilized people, we really need to behave that we are civilized in the true sense of…

SARS- severe acute respiratory syndrome Beijing, China, experienced the largest outbreak of SARS in the world with a total of 2,521 reported probable cases. The outbreak began March 5, 2003, with the…

By 2020, NIH investigators over 68 will outnumber those under 38.  Source: NIH For various reasons, scientific and unscientific, much had been made of the hiatus bctwecn man atnd the: rest of…

How about a dating service where your male partners are chosen for their fitness from the Siberian permafrost?  Creating long extinct life through harvested genetic remains is closer than you…

Desire the world's coolest clock? Look no further than SB 2.0. Can you feel your heart beat faster? Are your hands sweaty? Relax, this is just a clock! The Math Clock ($32.99) makes you solve the…

This isn't bad science.  It's a whole new ball game.  It's below the level of pre-school science.It's unterkindergartnischwissenschaft. Is Michael O'Leary a virus expert ? Michael O'Leary…

A traditional Chinese extract from the bark of the magnolia tree could give you fresh breath and kill off the oral microbes that cause halitosis. I’m rather fond of magnolia’s both for their beauty…

April 27, 2009 is the 218th birthday of Samuel Morse, the creator of Morse code.  Morse code is losing its popularity as a way to signal other ships, but it is still going strong as a way to…

Summer is coming. The time of camping and cold, frosty drinks. I've been working on developing a freeze dried beer that comes in a small pack and rehydrates fully carbonated with all its alcohol…

How many numbers should you include in an article? This is debatable, depending on the subject matter and audience. But using too many numbers will lose a reader. Read this story from the Christian…

I can't decide if this image from the Panda's Thumb is pretty or creepy looking?