Children are natural psychologists and by the time they reach preschool they understand that other people have desires, preferences, beliefs, and emotions too. Exactly how they learn this isn't clear…

Welcome to my first blog entry ever! That the Big Bang is the start of the universe, the mysterious “point of creation”, is stated often still today, even by prominent physicists. It is also not true…

The Open Source movement has been an integral part of software development for many years now, and it is starting to explode into the science world. The latest project might even transform brain…

Proof of aliens within 25 years?  What's the basis for this optimism? Well, of course, it's the Drake equation.  It had to be.  While it is certainly reasonable that everyone has their…

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research writing in the journal Stem Cells say they have successfully used human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to treat rodents afflicted with…

Nature has created roses to make you happy.

Water plants float on water bodies but still can respire as they have stomata largely on upper side of the leaves ( adaxial surface) and either have broad leaves or serrated leaves.

Plants wait for insects to visit their pitcher like structure and close the lid and digest the insect to meet their protein needs.

Plants resemble stones if they have to grow in deserts . Can you recognise plants from pebbles in this picture ? Nature has plants designed to go upto 14,000 feet and above MSL . Even you can decide…

Plants resemble stones if they have to grow in deserts . Can you recognise plants from pebbles in this picture ? Nature has plants designed to go upto 14,000 feet and above MSL . Even you can decide…

Petermann Ice Island (2010) - The Mörner Version The world of climate science according to wishful thinkers. I was raised at the seaside.  I lived through the 1953 floods which resulted from the…

If Big Science complains about U.S. budget skepticism in the future, they are going to have to answer questions about the James Webb telescope.  It is currently 3 years and $1.5 billion over…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Want a belt or shoes made out of human skin but don't want to deal with all of the tiresome Nazi comparisons?   [Hu]manLeather, a UK company, is taking all of the flak for you. Apparently,…

Want a belt or shoes made out of human skin but don't want to deal with all of the tiresome Nazi comparisons?   [Hu]manLeather, a UK company, is taking all of the flak for you. Apparently,…

Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association had a surprising finding for women and careers - women who are economically dependent on a man are less likely to…

Alec Baldwin never actually left the United States, even though he said he would if George W. Bush won in 2004.   So people make silly threats about politics but do political outcomes have any…

Belief: Girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys. Not really.   At least not by the time children reach the eighth grade, says a new Journal of Social and Personal…