is all over my face when I read the following in an article on UK MSN: Five-year-old finds dinosaur bone A five-year-old girl has found fossilised bones from an Ice Age rhinoceros on a day out with…

In case you didn't know it, there's an election happening in America and it hasn't been called or conceded by anyone but only the staunchest Republican could have gone into this expecting a win.…

If you've already voted here in the US, or if you're not from the US and just burned out on US politics, here's a distraction: Basic Books' Feynman extravaganza - all of their products (of course),…

as for the ad code, this is how it is supposed to work:[11/3/2008 5:51:04 PM] S. Ruijsenaars says: for all pages that are not environment or energy: alternate: 1. 2. [11/3/2008 5:51:15 PM] S…

Letter* published in Nature Geoscience concluded at last: Overall, despite the paucity of observations, we find that human-induced warming is detectable in both these regions of high…

Industry-funded medical research - is it hopelessly biased or does it meet higher standards than academic research does? John Tierney points to a new study from the International Journal of Obesity…

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Change happens. People can sense change but science can measure it and might be able to predict its future. A scientific model would be a beautiful help for us to …

As societies have evolved throughout history, so have morals, concerns and fears. Monsters and scary stories erupt from what society currently fears, so society has shaped the evolution of the scary…

Consistent with their position that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming, the Royal Society (United Kingdom) is soliciting submissions to "moderate climate change by deliberate…

At long last I'm getting a paper out the door, which means my latest blog column's been delayed. In the mean time, John Hawks (whose blog you should be reading) has some priceless stuff on Richard…

The import of the directive is the import. "Renewable Energy Directive" is the target legislative framework to be adopted by the European Union (EU) countries before elections of the European…

The deadline is fast approaching! Send us pictures of your best Halloween Costume to win Official Scientificblogging stuff! PRIZESFirst Place: Scientificblogging SweatshirtSecond Place:…

In the aftermath of the Palin fruit fly comment, some bloggers are knocking people for not knowing that the model organism D. melanogaster is technically not a fruit fly. But the fact is that the…

Uncovering the reasons for why we as humans choose our entertainment media has plagued communication researchers for decades. In the wake of non-answered questions of how such media entertainment…

The political fray has entered into the world of genetics, and as usual, our politicians have no real idea what they are talking about. In an October 24th speech about children with special needs,…

I came across this interesting forum on Spore. I hope SpongB6F1 won't mind if I quote this posting at length, as I think it is very insightful. "Science Spore" would be ideal. ... I think…

One of the reasons I was interested in giving some comments on the science in Spore is that I am a big fan of video games but rarely have a chance to play anymore. The discussion about Spore (which I…

Spore was released the day before my birthday so you can bet it was on my wish list.  Wil Wright has made some great games (Sim City) and then some clunkers.  He made The Sims, which I…

Since Palin's comments on fruit fly research are getting some commentary, it's a good time to review the value of model organisms in basic research. One of the things budding geneticists, biochemists…