Dethinking The Unpossible A closed mind is totally incapable of being shown real world facts.  Lead a person with a closed mind step by step through a very logical process; show them a simple…

Abortion is not a contentious issue in America these days - campaign platforms primarily center on differences in taxation and the scope of government but, for the most part, abortion for the left…

Rhythmic activity of nerve cells supports spatial navigation, say a group of researchers who recently showed that cells in the entorhinal cortex, important for spatial navigation, oscillate with…

Rotten oranges can be detected manually in dark rooms with the help of ultraviolet light that illuminates the essential oils in damaged rind through fluorescence but that type of light poses some…

Higgs boson hunters often catch themselves dreaming of the boson having a mass high enough to give rise to the spectacular decay into two Z bosons, and then four charged leptons in the final state.…

Long ago, in a galaxy very, very near (because it was this one) we all talked like Yoda from "Star Wars", one hypothesis suggests. The original "proto-human language", linguists contend, used subject…

Long ago, in a galaxy very, very near (because it was this one) we all talked like Yoda from "Star Wars", one hypothesis suggests. The original "proto-human language", linguists contend, used subject…

In today's world where far too many people already defer spaying/neutering of pets, we have an article that provides another rationalization for those people.  Apparently, we should be concerned…

There may be a sexual upside to an economic downside; more sex.  Maybe 'stimulus plan' means different things to different people. Omri Gillath at the University of Kansas says men are likely to…

Add Steve Jobs to the list of famous people who died treating terminal diseases with woo rather than with medicine. It turns out Jobs had been treating his pancreatic cancer with a special diet…

Add Steve Jobs to the list of famous people who died treating terminal diseases with woo rather than with medicine. It turns out Jobs had been treating his pancreatic cancer with a special diet…

While people are busy with their own knee-jerk reactions trying to stifle my criticizing the scientific community, the Wall Street Journal did what was predicted by that very criticism, namely…

In the last couple of years STEM organizations from across the nation have come together in an effort to engage the next generation in potential science and engineering careers. Gaining in…

In the last couple of years STEM organizations from across the nation have come together in an effort to engage the next generation in potential science careers. Gaining in popularity rapidly, local…

Particulate organic carbon (or POC) is an important factor in the ocean’s carbon cycle. When these tiny particles hit the water, they sink and attract bacteria. These bacteria can feed on the…

Number crunchers have never been much of nature lovers. Most venture capitalists, as it were, would rather be content, mulling over their wins and losses in the vagaries of business transactions of a…

“The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations”, published in 2004, is a book by James Surowiecki. It…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…

Today's post in honor of the 2011 Cephalopod Awareness Days. October 12th is Fossil Day.I must confess, I'm glad today is the last of the Cephalopod Days. This heady pace is almost more…