I don't have a Kindle or any other e-reader.  It isn't that I am a Luddite, and it isn't that I wouldn't prefer something easier to hold than a large, hundred-year old print copy I don't want to…

Is energy conserved? "Of course it is!" anyone with just a rudimentary knowledge of physics will answer. A more pertinent answer would be: "if you can't show me a working perpetual motion machine,…

What happens when you think you have seen a recent collision between two asteroids but find a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material?    You keep looking…

Here are the answers to yesterday's questions: 1. The two contenders for World's Smallest Baby Cephalopod are ommastrephid squid (the family that includes Humboldt squid) and argonaut octopuses. Both…

Can't decide between the opera and a football game? (If needed, replace these bland stereotypes with specifics from your own relationship). Game Theory's got your back. Imagine the possible outcomes…

Mans history of development is just 5000 to 10000 years old. I am not expert of history or English language. However I am attempting to present some of the impressions and you can correct me if you…

Chiquita Brands has announced that following years of intensive research and investment,  FreshRinse(TM) technology is ready to go.   Yes, for those of you who can't be bothered to wash…

Man is part of global earth and like other animals inhabiting the earth as part of the ecosystem. Man made mud houses, brick houses and now multistory flats . 800 flats in a complex with some one ha…

Over at 365DOA, I bring tales of early Pluto, the original controversy, and of things we can no longer discuss, for fear it will drive us mad.  Enjoy the podcast of Plutonomicon.  Pluto is…

Rajendra Pachauri is staying on as chairman of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) but it agreed to make some other changes to try and prevent future mistakes in its…

Rajendra Pachauri is staying on as chairman of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) but it agreed to make some other changes to try and prevent future mistakes in its…

The HRP-4C from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, a descendant of the HRP-4 humanoid robot that sent normal people into uncanny valley creepiness…

Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal (CAPjournal) #9 is up and focused on cultural astronomy and how historical or cultural aspects to science pieces can help communicators to engage with…

Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal (CAPjournal) #9 is up and focused on cultural astronomy and how historical or cultural aspects to science pieces can help communicators to engage with…

Courtesy of GrrrlScientist at Guardian Blogs (who I found courtesy of the venerable yet still awesome ScienceURLs), I got a chance to view an interview of Richard Dawkins conducted by Matt Ridley.…

Are you a "Blade Runner" fan?   It's one of few science-fiction movies that 'holds up' over time instead of looking dated and that makes it something of a mainstream classic as well. Rutger…

Are you a "Blade Runner" fan?   It's one of few science-fiction movies that 'holds up' over time instead of looking dated and that makes it something of a mainstream classic as well. Rutger…

Actor Harrison Ford, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner (and Science 2.0 favorite) Dr. Edward O. Wilson are holding a press conference today at 3:30 in Palo Alto, California, to announce the newly…

Is cancer a man made disease? Recently there has been considerable increase in cancers and breast cancer has been detected in 3 persons in one locality in a radius of 500 meters. One person was in…

"So whats wrong with going Nuclear," was what I thought was an innocent question to a friend, who in most aspects, I considered quite open minded. But it turns out that being open minded in some…