A washing machine for polluted soil. It sure beats digging it up and moving it around.

Those of us attempting to curb our emissions can soon travel with a little less guilt. Boeing unveiled its ~300-seat greenliner in Seattle yesterday. Made largely of composites, it is lighter than…

I am baffled as to why some people are so offended by the term 'junk DNA.' The colleagues I work with don't find the subject that mysterious or controversial. Some scientists such as Francis…

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Video game for teen patients with cancer a virtual success

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Organic Tomatoes Have More Antioxidants

I just found out we are a 'conservative' science site, ostensibly because we don't have an ideological litmus test for writers. This was third hand from the blog in the link so I don't know how…

How to make your own sparklers

Why haven't we talked Jack Heinemann into writing here yet??? “The industrial gene is one that can be defined, owned, tracked, proven acceptably safe, proven to have uniform effect, sold and recalled…

A man/woman relationship graphic.

Pharyngula latest on Behe. Michael White is, of course, here.

Be careful how you cite. Apparently the Scienceblogs guys got busted for using images that were copyrighted.

Human DNA, the Ultimate Spot for Secret Messages (Are Some There Now?)

Scientist Implicates Worms in Global Warming

This is a test of out mini-blog functionality. This is so you can share quick links you found, blog pieces and thoughts that don't merit full articles.

A Circulatory Universe What happened to those extra dimensions? A concept, basic to string theory, holds that after the big bang, most of the eleven or more dimensions involved in it retreated and…

Velociraptor attack is the 3rd leading cause of death for men age 27-29. However, everyone must think about the implications of velociraptors: young and old, men, women and transgendered persons. The…

Scientificblogging.com math whiz Garth Sundem was on Good Morning America today - even better, Diane Sawyer referred to him as both 'genius' and 'charming.' I bet she says that to all the writers!…