Sometimes medicine just makes you want to cheer. While still in the womb, doctors of Leyna Gonzalez discovered a benign tumor the size of a tennis ball growing on the unborn baby’s mouth. University…

A few days away from a Supreme Court ruling on the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(Obamacare to detractors) comes some sobering claims from Britain, which already has nationalized…

A few days away from a Supreme Court ruling on the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(Obamacare to detractors) comes some sobering claims from Britain, which already has nationalized…

The tirade below (a bit over the top, admittedly, but I'm in the middle of a stressful week) is inspired by a post written today by Chad Orzel in his blog, Uncertain Principles. It is a breath of…

The Dropa Stones are puzzling artifact #2 on the 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts list. These are “The” Dropa Stone images. What are the Dropa Stones? The Story of how the…

Last week I wrote about the anti-science campaign being waged by opponents of the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture. In that post, I promised to address a series of…

Tapping ocean energy sources like tides and offshore wind sound fine to people who understand nothing about science (the Anything But Oil contingent) but in reality it requires pile driving, the…

A trial of HPV vaccines in India, which has now been halted and is the subject of an investigation by the Indian government, was examining the safety and feasibility of offering a vaccine against the…

Looking at the latest statistics, it’s hard to miss one compelling trend: The over-prescription of painkillers is slowly but surely eclipsing the problem of illegal drugs. There are, of course, the…

You'd think European waters would be pretty well documented by now but nature always has surprises. Uroptychus cartesi is a crab in the 5-7 cm (including claws) size range that has been found at…

MMS ( Miracle Mineral Solution) is getting some much needed attention in the skeptic community, as well as the autism community. Created by a man named "Bishop"Jim Humble, who runs his own Genesis…

Should there be racial quotas in university admissions?  In jobs? What about gender quotas or political ones? America has more equality than any country in the world and so many organizations…

To understand the current developments in technology, one has to understand the progress of science.  The ultimate goal of science has always been to understand nature firstly and then to make…

The two most common swimming strokes used by athletes training for the Olympic Games either pull the swimmer through the water like a boat paddle or whirl to the side like a propeller. Which arm…

The CaRiPaRo foundation offers 15 grants for students willing to follow a Ph.D. program at the University of Padova (Italy). The winners of these grants will get a (modest, but normal for Italian…

Plato and a platypus walked into a bar. The bartender gave the philosopher a quizzical look, and Plato said, “What can I say? She looked better in the cave.” The relationship between humor and…

'Grey' literature, which led to the "Glaciergate" scandal of 2010 when it was revealed that the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are losing ice (gone by 2035!) was stated as fact even though it was…

Henry I. Miller, M.D., physician and molecular biologist, is the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and was at the NIH and FDA…

Things are not great in America but Spain may have the USA beat - even cherries are being stolen. Last year, more than 20,000 thefts were reported at Spanish farms.  Is that more or less than in…

Things are not great in America but Spain may have the USA beat - even cherries are being stolen. Last year, more than 20,000 thefts were reported at Spanish farms.  Is that more or less than in…