China loves intellectual property rights when it is used by China against other countries but only then - if you've ever worked for a company that sells products in China, you know that you have zero…

China loves intellectual property rights when it is used by China against other countries but only then - if you've ever worked for a company that sells products in China, you know that you have zero…

Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we now know that 5,000 Ph.D.s are working as ... janitors. Did those of us who went to college before a political party decided a college education was 'a…

Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Richard Vedder at the Chronicle notes that 5,000 Ph.D.s are working as ... janitors. Did those of us who went to college before a political party decided a…

In the modern world of Wikileaks and ClimateGate, where and how you get things and their credibility matters less than how opponents can make political hay with it, the impact on science is evident…

In the modern world of Wikileaks and ClimateGate, where and how you get things and their credibility matters less than how opponents can make political hay with it, the impact on science is evident…

You may not know the name Hammer Films, but if you have watched movies at all you have probably heard of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.    In 1957 they appeared in a British 'horror'…

Appearing on CNN’s “Parker Spitzer” program last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that people who don’t like Google’s Street View cars taking pictures of their homes and businesses “can just move”…

Appearing on CNN’s “Parker Spitzer” program last week, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that people who don’t like Google’s Street View cars taking pictures of their homes and businesses “can just move”…

Dr. Paul Shin, Chemical Instrumentation Manager at CSU Northridge, has long been a science outreach guy.   He's also more recently a fighting cancer guy.    But he has done so much for…

Dr. Paul Shin, Chemical Instrumentation Manager at CSU Northridge, has long been a science outreach guy.   He's also more recently a fighting cancer guy.    But he has done so much for…

Interesting trivia fact; who is the only player in baseball history to appear in the World Series against the team that traded him that same year?   If you guessed Bengie Molina because his name…

Interesting trivia fact; who is the only player in baseball history to appear in the World Series against the team that traded him that same year?   If you guessed Bengie Molina because his name…

If you're like me, not only do you want to be buried, you want to be buried with your treasure in a vast underground labyrinth dug from the stone, behind a series of traps and secret doors, and your…

Beneath its dreary shroud of clouds, Venus could be positively hopping: Planetary geologists have spotted a lava flow they say is just decades old. If confirmed, it would be the youngest evidence for…

Beneath its dreary shroud of clouds, Venus could be positively hopping: Planetary geologists have spotted a lava flow they say is just decades old. If confirmed, it would be the youngest evidence for…

Want to become a terrorist?  It's easier than you think to get sucked in, writes New Scientist. The anthropology of terrorism makes for compelling fieldwork and Scott Atran is on a quest to…

Want to become a terrorist?  It's easier than you think to get sucked in, writes New Scientist. The anthropology of terrorism makes for compelling fieldwork and Scott Atran is on a quest to…

Wow; I haven't gotten one of these in a long time: ATTENTION!A message you recently sent to a 0Spam.com user with the subject "[redacted]" was not delivered because they are using the 0Spam.com anti…

Me, you and we... thats what the bacteria talk! Even more, like different people and races have different languages, different bacteria use different chemical 'words'. Broadly classifying, the gram…