Tolerance has meant different things in different eras.  For some religions in the past, there was a 'convert or die' mentality, which tended to drive out competitors but, at least when it comes…

Pancakes and prayers — have we reached a point where even those two can’t get along? Frankly, yes. So praise the Lord and pass the syrup, the International House of Pancakes and International House…

Pancakes and prayers — have we reached a point where even those two can’t get along? Frankly, yes. So praise the Lord and pass the syrup, the International House of Pancakes and International House…

If this doesn't get a Nobel prize, you can bet there will be two letters to Congress. Deep-fried beer invented in Texas - A chef in Texas has created what he claims is the world's first recipe for…

If this doesn't get a Nobel prize, you can bet there will be two letters to Congress. Deep-fried beer invented in Texas - A chef in Texas has created what he claims is the world's first recipe for…

Human vision is very advanced.  While a human child can look at a cartoon picture of a chicken and know that's a chicken, computers cannot.   We can also recognize cars, people, trees…

Premature ovarian failure (POF) is when a woman's ovaries stop working before she is 40.  Missed periods are usually the first sign of POF. Later symptoms may be similar to those of natural…

There was a time a few years ago when the music industry was in the doldrums.   They blamed MP3 piracy, though it made no sense unless you were the kind of person who believes 'jobs saved or…

Improving Biomass Use Efficiency for Semi-Arid Regions Anupam Tewari* and Ashwani Kumar Kautilya Institute of Technology Engineering* Energy Plantation Demonstration Project CentreDepartment of…

I decided to try out one of the new Kindle e-readers. Only, I’m not planning to use it for the purpose that most buyers do — purchasing and reading books. I want to use it to read academic papers,…

It is unfortunate that whenever I have personal stuff to post as a blog here I have nothing else to choose as a tag than the uninformative "random thoughts"... I wish the posting interface in our…

I have to be honest. When I started writing this blog, I didn't anticipate the interest it has garnered from various media outlets. Cool stuff! Here are a few links to check out a recent interview…

Einstein's Theory of relativity is definitely one of those few theories in the history of physics,   that changed the way we see things. It revolutionized the cosmology in such a way that…

Multidisciplinary collaborative research teams are essential in modern day science - climate scientists need to make more accurate numerical models and genome data in biology can be overwhelming and…

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) under development by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research are  on track to evolve into robotic, insect-scale devices for monitoring and exploration of hazardous…

Researchers say they have found 13 genes linked to human body mass. Starting with DNA samples extracted from Icelanders' white blood cells banked in 1991 and 2002 by scientists there as part of the…

We've all enjoyed the spectacular results when glaciers carved their way through the landscape and it seems intuitive that glaciers inhibit mountain growth due to erosion. Not necessarily, say…

To cure global warming we have to trade some acid rain - at least given current battery technology, which uses toxic heavy metals. Obviously, plants have a much better solution and we have written…

Does my space-plunger sound profound?  It isn’t.  That space absorbs energy is confusing talk.  You could desperately try to make it work:  Firstly, the “space-plunger” is not…

What science is not able to achieve on a large commercial scale: develop simple cheap and reproducible method to digest and convert the cellulosic material into ethanol in one step prcess animals do…