Species living together are not forced to evolve differently to avoid competing with each other, a notion that that has been debated since the early days of natural selection. By focusing on…

Solar variation has not strongly influenced climate change, according to a paper which seeks to  overturn a widely held scientific view that lengthy periods of warm and cold weather in the past…

Some in journalism have gotten tired of hearing about how jobs are being cut because the public doesn't want to read them, and how scientists make fun of them because, really, there are only so many…

A new aquifer in the Greenland Ice Sheet holds liquid water all year long in the otherwise perpetually frozen winter landscape. And it's big - 27,000 square miles.  The reservoir is a "perennial…

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“Should I kill myself? May the artificial intelligence (AI), which humankind will depend on, ponder such questions, decide rationally, and drag us with it in a mercy killing?” This question taken…

As I mentioned in my review of the Chem C3000, it’s sad that science kits usually can’t compete with more mainstream stuff like Guitar Hero. They also tend to be pricey, but the upside is that online…

A new population of exploding stars must 'switch off' their radio transmissions before collapsing into a Black Hole. But they emit one last strong beam of highly energetic radiation, known as a gamma…

[note: this blog, as written is insufficient. I will need to provide an action to clarify the nature of the proposal.] The Spoon and the Moon Give a baby a spoon, and the little one is likely to…

Texas, the U.S. state that annually generates the most electricity, has transitioned from coal to natural gas for electricity generation and that has not only reduced CO2 emissions but is saving…

Cranial surgery is tricky business today. Patients will need an aseptic environment, specialized surgical instruments and copious amounts of pain medication both during and afterward. In ancient Peru…

The Earth is about 4.6 billion years old but no rocks exist that are older than about 3.8 billion years. However, zircons that were eroded from the sedimentary rock section in the Jack Hills of…

Caterpillars of two species of butterflies in Colorado and California aren't waiting for China and India to stop belching out so much CO2 - according to a paper in the journal Functional Ecology,…

Sure, post-menopausal women and single men don't need maternity coverage but have to pay for it it anyway. But, the US government can now argue, half of all people are paying for coverage they don't…

A paper in the International Journal of Obesity has found that even weight loss can be discriminatory;  African-American women may need to eat less or exercise more than European-American women…

Protests at economics meetings that lament globalization are done by the Agricultural 1 Percent - people fortunate enough to be born in countries where food is plentiful and cheap and they can…

The most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome, using DNA extracted from a woman's toe bone that dates back 50,000 years, reveals a long history of interbreeding among at least four…

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Arc discharges are common in welding and lightning storms but what about about in altered gravity conditions? How often does that really come up? Not often, unless we ever send manned missions into…

Social authoritarian cultures like San Francisco want to ban things and limit choice but when it comes to healthier kids, it doesn't require creating higher prices, more taxes or political…