The popular web-based RSS reader and news aggregator Bloglines will discontinue service on Friday, October 1. The Ask.com team that operates the site has essentially said that social media sites like…

The popular web-based RSS reader and news aggregator Bloglines will discontinue service on Friday, October 1. The Ask.com team that operates the site has essentially said that social media sites like…

Camille Paglia, America's foremost cultural critic, demolishes a sort-of, modern-day, fabricated icon: She told a magazine with messianic fervour: “I love my fans more than any artist who has ever…

Camille Paglia, America's foremost cultural critic, demolishes a sort-of, modern-day, fabricated icon: She told a magazine with messianic fervour: “I love my fans more than any artist who has ever…

A quest to get Barack Obama to shout his commitment to solar power from the roof tops - by re-installing vintage solar panels at the White House - ended in disappointment for environmental…

A quest to get Barack Obama to shout his commitment to solar power from the roof tops - by re-installing vintage solar panels at the White House - ended in disappointment for environmental…

Thought I'd weigh in on the is "Is Science a Form of Dance" discussion by turning it on its head. Dance may well be a form of art as well as science - but what about the scientists themselves? Can…

Yesterday I posted the rules of the very cool Kuhn poker. Here's optimal play: Playing first:Interestingly, you can either check or bet a King or a Jack—this is poker, after all and in this case…

An environmental factor that limits crop productivity or destroys biomass is referred to as a stress or disturbance (Grime, 1979). Salinity in soil or water is one of the major stresses and,…

Strange so-called Green Pea galaxies were first discovered in 2007 by citizen scientists and it has now been shown that these extraordinary and extremely compact star cities have low amounts of…

People can learn to control the activity of some brain regions when they get feedback signals provided by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI), according to researchers who used fMRI…

An archaeological team has discovered the oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor - underneath existing Roman baths.  Location:  Sagalassos, Turkey, which was inhabited as a city until the 7th…

The relative presence of microbiota may determine the use of partly digested food and regulate the food uptake and utilization in fatty and lean person ? Doctors know it better. Distal gut…

You would think a guy would be grateful, but a paper from Cornell graduate student, Christin Munsch, says something entirely different.

You would think a guy would be grateful, but a paper from Cornell graduate student, Christin Munsch, says something entirely different.

Vrindavan famous religious place near Mathura is named as Vrindavan Vrinda is name for Tulsi ( Ocimum ) and van is forest. It had thick forests of Tulsi Ocimum interspersed with Salvadora oleodes and…

One survey listed 8 cities of India where green cover has increased Alas Jaipur was not in the list. Jaipur a city basically surrounded by the hills on three sides having a mansager lake in the city…

Even though Halley's Comet has a regular orbit it's not an easy task to map its appearances throughout history - and it may be that one of those appearances matches an ancient Greek testimony and has…

As Americans, September 11th will always hold a special meaning for us- a day of reflection, grieving, and for some, healing. For other people, though, the day September 11th has additional…

Neolamarckia cadamaba (Roxb.) Bosser (=Anthocephaus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq. The name given in Disc is (=A. chinensis (Lam.) A. Rich. ex Walp. syn. A. cadamba (Roxb.) Miq.,…