If the idea was ever in doubt, psychologists writing in Social Psychological and Personality Science say they have confirmed that pretty girls make boys do dumb things. Specifically, they say the…

Researchers have long been puzzled by large societies in whichstrangers routinely engage in voluntary acts of kindness and respect even though there is often an individual cost involved. Evolutionary…

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego are undertaking an expedition to explore the rupture site of the 8.8-magnitude Chilean earthquake. The team hopes to capitalize on a unique…

A Penn State physicist is looking at how songbirds transmit impulses through nerve cells in the brain to produce a complex behavior, such as singing. The research will help scientists gain insight…

Paleontologists have discovered a new raptor species in Inner Mongolia.  The exceptionally well preserved dinosaur, named Linheraptor exquisitus, is the first near complete skeleton of its kind…

Despite several social psychological theories that suggest otherwise, failing to meet educational goals does not result in depression, say sociologists from Floria and Kansas State Universities.…

NASA IceBridge Mission Prepares for Study of Arctic Glaciers In a world where the blogosphere is filled with politically motivated versions of what is 'really' happening to the cryosphere it is good…

Baird : The Wonder Of Television The following article was scanned by me from "The Wonder Encyclopedia For Children"Odhams, 1933. Apart from minor adjustments to layout and removal of page references…

Earlier this week Zimmer asked readers to help out science journalists and participate in a survey about where we get our science news. He's got the results up. You can go see for yourself what…

Textbooks are not mere non-fiction books. Whereas you can feel free to doubt what ispresented in a typical non-fiction book (mine excluded), textbooks are a record of the true facts and principles in…

 Now here’s an interesting chap. The Göttingen Academy of Sciences [1] was founded in 1751 with Albrecht von Haller (1708 – 1777) [2] as the main driving force in the setting it up. …

Update: for those who aren't familiar with creationist propaganda, some of them like to blame all of the evils of the world upon Darwin. These include racism, fascism, and communism/Stalinism. All…

A Critique Of A Multiply-Published Article On Ice Sheet Collapse An article in AIG News, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists Quarterly Newsletter No. 97 August 2009, purports to state that…

The US average wind speed is 12.5 mph.If you double the wind speed you increase power potential by times 8.If you double the diameter of your blades increase power potential by times 4. Last…

This is an interview of Prof. Richard J. Davidson on Shrink Rap Radio, hosted by David Van Nuys, discussing his research on meditation and the brain. Davidson tells that his research shows that…

“The Role of Abathur (the Third Life) in the Mandaean Story of Creation.” Abathur [from Hebrew 'ab father] In the Nazarene or Bardesanian system, the father of the Demiurgus or architect of the…

Much has been written about how inspirational teachers can turn students on to a subject they perhaps would otherwise have let drift away. But what do you do if you're really into a subject but have…

Genetic engineering may one day turn the Anopheles mosquito, the transmitter of malaria, into a natural 'flying vaccinator' for the disease, a new study in Insect Molecular Biology suggests.…

Early last month, the now-famous paper by Dr Andrew Wakefield that supposedly linked vaccines to the onset of Autism, was formally retracted by the Lancet, the journal that published it back in 1998.…

Humans use a wide range of cues, both verbal and non-verbal, to communicate different emotions. But vocalizing some positive emotions may be a socially learned behavior, as opposed to a product of…