A new study says that an individual’s intestinal bacteria flora organizes itself in certain clusters and they hypothesize this intestinal bacteria flora will have an influence on how we react to diet…

That's because you never learn anything new. [By the way: if you were coming here to learn the solution of my riddle about the mysterious plot I posted here yesterday, be patient - I will publish an…

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The subject of this case-study is a 44 year old female of Indian [Asian] origin with no past history of immunodeficiency. Currently, she is in reasonable health for her age and shows no signs or…

  I’m not sure how come Real Clear Science came to replace Live Science on the board, but they do have a lot of jolly good stuff.  Today, following one of their…

Anania Shirakatsi (Ananias of Shirak) was an Armenian scientist and mathematician, famous there for authoring two important works, Geography and Cosmography and the Calendar, which tackled astronomy…

After the disturbance created by the Higgs rumour in ATLAS, I think we can go back to normal business - in this case, keeping my word on discussing things that were left hanging. Your response to my…

As everyone in the autism community knows all too well, April is Autism Awareness month and a good time to release autism documentaries.One, Wretches and Jabberers, is getting heavy promotion…

When European politicians picked a target date for greenhouse gas emissions in the Kyoto accord, American environmentalists applauded despite the motivation - economic harm for the US with little to…

Dieting is hard work.  While ingesting the calories to gain weight is simple, the loss of those calories and the mental 'hunger' and the exercise it requires is no small thing. Given that, it's…

In a recent email, my mother commented how I should help dissuade my younger sister from debating religious ethics on Facebook with our cousin.  I didn't seek out the conversation, but we can…

During winters trees shed the leaves and become leafless . Once the spring season comes two kind of behavior are apparent. If only leaves will come , the tree was deficient in stored food material…

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is true both for photographs and for graphs, but sometimes the words are spoken to the wrong ears. I would like to offer you a very simple, visual test today…

The title is a playful variation on a line from a Bogart movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.  That was an adaptation from a novel of the same title: "All right," Curtin shouted back. "…

In the 'we need to make sure all people can abdicate any responsibility for their actions' department, a new study makes obesity exculpatory by determining that a mother's nutrition during pregnancy…

Ozone is a known pollutant at low levels in the earth’s atmosphere, which causes harmful effects on the respiratory system and sensitive plants.    Ozone forms as hydrocarbons and nitrogen…

You may not know this, but the fourth most popular sport in Scotland, behind head-butting people and kicking them when they are on the ground, golf and caber-tossing, is skiing. Skiing is so popular…

Wait for it, wait for it...yes, you can drink and drive with the swanky new Octane 120 Beer Arcade Machine but it will cost you as much as a darn good used car - $6,000.    It has a wheel,…

Wait for it, wait for it...yes, you can drink and drive with the swanky new Octane 120 Beer Arcade Machine but it will cost you as much as a darn good used car - $6,000.    It has a wheel,…

Simcha Jacobovici says he has discovered two of the nails used to crucify Jesus - and a movie (naturally) is showing up at a propitious time, just a few days before Good Friday (naturally). A…