A new study says that exposure to polluted air in young mice led to an accumulation of abdominal fat and insulin resistance even if they ate a normal diet.    The U.S. Environmental…

Bacteria that we carry in our bodies may help decide who we marry, according to a new study that analyzes the gut of...a small fruit fly.  A group of molecular biologists recently demonstrated…

Not sure how all this works yet, but anyway, I found this nice presentation of world life expectancy and wealth over the last 200 years. The data is interesting in itself, but the presentation is…

While everyone panicked about NASA's arsenic announcement, TechDirt informs us that a TechDirt  brings word that "Woman Claims Legal Loophole Means She Now Owns The Sun... And She Wants You To…

Anyone who woke up yesterday morning hoping that December 2nd 2010 might be a historic day in the search for extraterrestrial life is likely to be sorely disappointed. All week the…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski announced Wednesday that he has circulated draft rules that will "preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet" - but they…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski announced Wednesday that he has circulated draft rules that will "preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet" - but they…

TSA is positively Grinch-like this holiday season, with complaints of an eerie choice between uncertain X-ray scanners or 'gate rape' by TSA security if you refuse to be irradiated, neither of which…

TSA is positively Grinch-like this holiday season, with complaints of an eerie choice between uncertain X-ray scanners or 'gate rape' by TSA security if you refuse to be irradiated, neither of which…

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which wasn't officially on a secret mission though it raised various alarms when it disappeared for two weeks, has returned.   Tracking X-37B was a delight for…

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, which wasn't officially on a secret mission though it raised various alarms when it disappeared for two weeks, has returned.   Tracking X-37B was a delight for…

Science 2.0 is making the cartoon circuit! One of my recent pieces on the brain, computers, and the vagueness of language (Why Meanings Must Be Fuzzy) motivated this comic strip at Calamities of…

In the cult television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, we are treated to two aliens and a dude wisecracking their way through terrible old B-movies like Project Moonbase. For example, in their…

This isn't the kind of Ferrari you expect Formula One drivers to be in but it sure goes fast - it is the world's fastest roller coaster, screaming along at 150 MPH. Watch F-1 drivers Fernando Alonso…

This isn't the kind of Ferrari you expect Formula One drivers to be in but it sure goes fast - it is the world's fastest roller coaster, screaming along at 150 MPH. Watch F-1 drivers Fernando Alonso…

The Post Carbon Institute has a video on 300 years of fossil fuel usage.  It isn't entirely accurate (we didn't 'run out' of wood, it got surpassed) but it's interesting. As they write "While…

The Post Carbon Institute has a video on 300 years of fossil fuel usage.  It isn't entirely accurate (we didn't 'run out' of wood, it got surpassed) but it's interesting. As they write "While…

Did you know about the anime Squid Girl? Apparently it came in third in the 2010 "Net Buzzword Awards," a competition that was heretofore unknown to me. Shinryaku! Ika Musume earned the Bronze Prize…

We instinctively know how to keep ourselves safe and so do other animals, according to neuroscientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   University of Washington…

It seems that Abigail and Jacob will be at the top of Santa's gift-list this Christmas morning. A school rewards site says that children with these names are most likely to behave well.   …