What does it take to get a job in science, and what role do universities play? There has been some discussion of these issues in the blogging community lately (here, here, and my thoughts are here).…

If you were going to guess at who would uncover a flaw in game theory, you wouldn't guess it would be a fiction writer though, if you did, you almost certainly would not guess it would be Edgar Allen…

I don't attend the big conferences in my field that often anymore. I have been to SSE, SMBE, and ESEB in the past, but I find the long drive, several days of talks, and shmoozing a bit exhausting.…

There are lots and lots of ways to reach the site but, for contributors, basically two ways to write blogs and articles (well, 2.5, but one is quite rare.) There are significant new releases of…

I received this from my mother this morning.  Looks like my home town is having a little event.  I live a few hours away, so I won't be present. This part rules: In case it isn't legible…

Scientists and Engineers for America have put up seven questions that they suggest asking Congressional candidates (see their website for the full questions; the following is abridged): 1. What…

I've seen the pictures from Mars. Clearly indicating that something is disappearing from the crate left after a second scoop by Phoenix. I don't wish to be a party pooper, but could it also have been…

I sometimes joke that you should never read your own papers once they are published, because you will undoubtedly find something you wish you had written differently. Case in point, a paper of ours…

Video games and I get along well.  Always have.  When I was a kid, my father and I went regularly to the local arcade to play our favourites.  (Guess the decade: I usually played…

Since our gravity is also one big mystery, to me at least; let me try and unravel what it is and how it may be connected to our own way of life. There are different elements known in the universe…

The Guardian has an interesting interview with Harvard Evolutionary Psychologist Steven Pinker: You either love Pinker or you hate him. Indifference does not appear to be an option. He's either the…

Currently working on a paper about fishes, I came across some interesting figures. (Well, mildly interesting, as they are more of the same actually). Let me say, first of all, that much of what we…

I have come to a conclusion that the "Snow Devils" I see once in a while during spring time might be connected to gravity and it's waves. Usually, the polynyas are situated on a water body that is…

At her NY Times blog, Olivia Judson looks at the upcoming year of Darwin celebrations (July 1, 1858 was when Darwin first presented ideas on natural selection, both his own and those of Alfred…

Global warming is caused by weight redistribution of oil extraction by the oil companies operating up north in the Arctic Ocean I think. This oil, which is insulating us from the Extreme heat of the…

"Most people will have a hard time accepting that their fundamental existence turns out to be the subject they hated in high school." Discover magazine has an interesting interview with MIT…

I have a healthy respect for electricity. After all, it is both deadly and wondrous at the same time. One of the benefits of studying science at this level is that you get to learn about how ordinary…

One of the major challenges in molecular biology right now is to understand how different parts work together to produce the behavior of a cell. A cell can't really be explained by the biological…

There exists the possibility that the speed of light, both in terms of the propagation of an electro-magnetic wave and in terms of the theoretical maximum speed in which matter can travel, varies…

Well, you know microbes must really be cool because Olivia Judson is blogging about them. You see, Olivia is also known as Dr. Tatiana. Judson's book "Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation"…