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…

I was deeply shocked to see row of trees drying up on the road leading the highest level of Govt of Rajasthan officials colony in Jaipur Gandhinagar. Someone chose to remove barks of these trees. I…

Discovery Communications' Science Channel recently launched a new iPhone application to engage citizen scientists as mobile field observers right from their own back yard. With the "sci.spy" app,…

Children eat fewer Easter eggs during the Easter holidays if parents let them decide how many they can have, according to Saima Ehsan and colleagues from the University of Surrey, who will present…

When black holes slam into each other, the warping of space and time must be so complicated that physicists haven't been sure how to understand the details of what goes on, but by combining theory…

Hot new squid research has the world of cephalopod reporting all abuzz! The press release came out last Monday, so I'm a bit late to the game, but hey, that means I get to meta-report on the way…

For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known.  It is, without a doubt, a truism, that we see the world through…

Several times this question has been raised : How can we produce bio-diesel ? Which plants can provide bio-diesel ? What is bio-diesel ? Some of the quick answers are : 1. What is biomass which you…

A casual look at the Arxiv hep-ph listings this morning was enough to confirm that the feeding frenzy of theoreticians around the latest bait thrown in the waters by CDF is not showing any sign of…

1. Introduction 2: Patterns3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: A pattern of Difference 2. A Pattern of Feedback The Hourglass Pattern This is a pattern…

“You have to bump the cage harder. Like this.” Marta Santos took the plastic cage from my hands and smacked it with the palm of her hand, causing a few lifeless bodies to fall off the walls of the…

Earlier this year, paleontologists gave us a glimpse into the diets of ammonites, those ancient cousins to squid. I had always thought of ammonites as aggressive predators, so I was charmed to learn…

Case study: Patient Ashley has Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by albinism, vision impairment, and bleeding disorders such as chronic hemorrhages. H-PS is…

Overtly political movies are a tough sell.  Hey, so are overtly religious movies (see the collapse of the "Left Behind" movies despite bestseller stats) and dated movies are not so great either…

Overtly political movies are a tough sell.  Hey, so are overtly religious movies (see the collapse of the "Left Behind" movies despite bestseller stats) and dated movies are not so great either…

I am launching my Project Calliope picosatellite on an Interorbital Systems (IOS) rocket.  IOS invented the Tubesat format.  What if Interorbital fails-- their rockets all blow up, they run…

You can learn to play guitar better watching YouTube videos - it doesn't replace practice, it helps inspire and educate by bringing talented practitioners to the world in a way not possible 40 years…

You can learn to play guitar better watching YouTube videos - it doesn't replace practice, it helps inspire and educate by bringing talented practitioners to the world in a way not possible 40 years…

Wikipedia is commonly derided as inaccurate and partisan but, at least when it comes to verifiable facts (rather than slant) that isn't the case, at least in political biographical information.…

Acupuncture is advocated by some for pain control but there are doubts about its effectiveness and its safety.   Investigators from the Universities of Exeter&Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and the…