Standardized tests are important - every child in America takes them.   But what about scoring essays?    Though the efficacy of standardized testing has been hotly debated for decades…

Standardized tests are important - every child in America takes them.   But what about scoring essays?    Though the efficacy of standardized testing has been hotly debated for decades…

The apothecary dates back not just to Colonial Times as some may think. The first mention of an apothecary actually dates back to the time of Moses (as mentioned in the Book of Exodus). However, in…

The apothecary dates back not just to Colonial Times as some may think. The first mention of an apothecary actually dates back to the time of Moses (as mentioned in the Book of Exodus). However, in…

All At Sea With The Vikings The Vikings had an expression - hafvilla - which indicates a state of being at sea and having no sense of direction.  There are two modern English phrases that cover…

Okay, we all knew that cats manipulate women more than men but now science has confirmed it.   An article in Behavioural Processes says cats gravitate toward women and it isn't just because…

Evolution has no moral compass.  We all know that.  And it has no guiding hand.  For that reason, says Christian de Duve, professor emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain…

Up to 12 percent of Americans may get Alzheimer's disease, current statistics say.  In the quest to prevent Alzheimer's, or at least make it manageable like diabetes, a group of researchers are…

Engineers in the Internet Engineering Task Force, in the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, and elsewhere have been debating how to handle e-mail-server blocklists in an IPv6 network. Let’s take a…

SKIPTON, England, March 1, 2011 - Grotty old beds could be behind a growing epidemic of 'toxic sleep'.   A new Sleep Council survey just in time for National Bed Month shows nearly half of…

News story on a traveler with measles moving around the US: "More than 10 million people are infected with measles worldwide each year,and the disease is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable…

Some ofthe theories or concepts like 'Film theory of the Universe' of physics and 'wave genetics' of Biology leads to a answer for ideas which were not explained by science. The school of thought…

Population is increasing in third world. Resources are decreasing in third world. Same amount of land, water, food, and clothing and shelter has to be shared by greater number of persons. More people…

Yes, yes, we all care about the environment, though sociological studies show we mostly care about the environment when it comes to the behavior of others.  Example: If you are an earnest writer…

Yes, yes, we all care about the environment, though sociological studies show we mostly care about the environment when it comes to the behavior of others.  Example: If you are an earnest writer…

One of the subtleties of the human condition is that if you like or support someone or something, you can understand the nuances of what words mean differently than if you do not.   If you are a…

George Best - An Elizabethan Climate Scientist whosoeuer could finde out in what proportion the Angle of the Sunne beames heateth, and what encrease the Sunnes continuance doeth adde thereunto, it…

People are sometimes surprised to hear that I am both a research scientist and an artist, but I see them as quite similar in purpose, only different medium. They both involve imagination,…

Mnookin's siteOffit's site    Vaccine Epidemic's site All three of these books came out on the heels of each other. Two, as most readers familiar with the…

I went to an old link to the Kids Science Zone ("Awesome Science for Kids"), kidssciencezone.com/astronomy.  It said "Nothing found!" Oh, wait, the top-level structure had changed, so I clicked…