Life isn’t always fair. Some individuals are simply born more attractive than others. In most cases the females are the choosy ones, whereas males will try to mate as much as possible. So being…

I saw this in today’s Daily Mail: Landmark discovery about the brain 'will have scientists rewriting textbooks' - and could help treat conditions such as autism and Alzheimer's and here is a copy of…

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Though 50 percent of science in America is done by the corporate world, journal articles are overwhelmingly written by academics. The reason is simple: In the private sector, it is a given that basic…

There are multiple conservation laws in nature meaning these are considered to be scientific truths which are fundamental and foundational to all modern science as we know it. Perhaps the most…

Every May 31st, the W.H.O. endorses a "World No Tobacco Day." This is in keeping with their utopian, fundamentalist worldview in which not only smoking, but also tobacco and nicotine can, at last,…

Most models of quantum gravity propose or predict that at very short distances space is a frothing foam where distance and time intervals themselves fluctuate rapidly.  These models predict that…

Every May 31st, the W.H.O. endorses a "World No Tobacco Day." This is in keeping with their utopian, fundamentalist worldview in which not only smoking, but also tobacco and nicotine can, at last,…

Windows 10 build 10122 marks the arrival of something like a first beta Build of Windows 10.  (Build 10130 has a bit more polish, new icons, but has the same issues as 10122.) As such…

Windows 10 build 10122 marks the arrival of something like a first beta Build of Windows 10.  As such one can now start to ask the question how will my favorite games fare under Windows 10?…

In America, the social sciences, like psychology and anthropology, are regarded as female occupations - because they are. But does that mean women are self-selecting women and there is bias against…

MarsPolar, a newly started international venture, is setting its sights on the Red Planet. The project, consisting of specialists from Russia, United Arab Emirates, Poland, U.S. and Ukraine, has…

Abbott Laboratories, the $40 billion conglomerate involved in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and supplements such as Similac and Ensure, has stated they will create a GMO-free version of Similac…

A convenient procedure to visualize defects on graphene layers by mapping the surface of carbon materials with an appropriate contrast agent was introduced by a team of researchers from Zelinsky…

Here is a wordy topic which also happens to be rich with physics and foundational in almost every aspect of engineering.  The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that, you cannot build a device…

Candor from Monsanto C-level people is downright refreshing - and it's new.  In seeking to perhaps take over Syngenta, they recognize they may want to do things differently than they did when…

DuPont Pioneer, the seed company that sells corn, sorghum, alfalfa, etc. and was considering expanding Kaua'i operations just a few years ago, has decided instead to close its Parent seed operations…

Google Maps searches for the words "Nigger House" will bring up a map pin pointing the white house and the underground railroad museum in Chicago.  Searches for racial and ethnic slurs on other…

An open letter to the office of the president of Boston University Dear Sirs!   Saida Grundy, who is apparently still on track to become an assistant professor at Boston University in the…

100 years ago, two great people met and began a friendship that would one day be torn apart by one thing they shared in common - they both missed their mothers. Harry Houdini, the famous escape…