I was delighted to receive news this afternoon of three new interesting results produced by the DZERO collaboration in the analysis of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) processes. QCD, the theory of…

Eschatology From wikipedia: The word eschatology is from the Greek ἔσχατος, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of", first used in English around 1550That is, 'the end times' Time -…

The Oak of Science 2 The continuing analogy of Science as an Oak tree In case you missed it Part 1 here The Oak of Science Connections Some ways in which the different disciplines of science, just…

David Brin got his PhD and worked as a physicist before becoming a much-awarded sci-fi writer. He's got some great advice to would-be writers plus some interesting reflections on art vs science as a…

The first cases of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (often referred to as electro-hypersensitivity or even EHS) were studied in the 1970s and yet decades later few people are even aware of the…

Who says science journalism is dying when it seems to be gloating about slaying one sacred cow after another: chiropractic, homoeopathy and now... dieting. The internet is bursting to the seams with…

I've been pondering this for some time and have just now been fired into action by a comment I made in another article “Building  Smarter Artificial Intelligence  By... Shrinking the Body?”…

After judging my fifth science fair (for this year), I've decided to share my secrets of a science-fair-judging scientist.  Appropriately, I made this as a Science Fair 3-fold poster.  At…

Birds communicate with their developing chicks before they hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research published in Science has found. By changing conditions within the egg, canary…

A study of blind scorpions published in Cladistics is challenging the long-held assumption that specialized adaptations are irreversible, evolutionary dead-ends. According to the new phylogenetic…

Researchers writihg in Proceedings of the Royal Society B say they have made a discovery in understanding the origins of human vision.  They say they have determined which genetic 'gateway,…

An international team of space physicists reports that Mars is constantly losing part of its atmosphere to space as a result of pressure from solar wind pulses. Their new study in Geophysical…

The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may be able to tell scientists how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. The chunk of rock and dust, about 1,900 feet in diameter, also might…

A lack of free time is no longer a viable excuse for avoiding exercise, according to a new study in The Journal of Physiology. Researchers studying interval training have found that it not only…

When I was  child my mother used to worship BARGAD  i.e. Ficus bengalensis and  PEEPAL  i.e.   Ficus religiosa on a particular day in month of June calling Badmawas i.e.…

Here We Go Round The Binary If this little piece of whimsy helps educators in any way,that will make me very happy. Here We Go Round The Binary verse 0000nothing. nothing. nothing-nothing twice…

For the sake of argument Argument - a discussion for the purpose of making something clear. Sake - benefit. To introduce an idea 'for the sake of argument' does not mean bringing up an idea to…

The Monckton MethodLord Monckton's UKIP party would like to ban Al Gore's movie: 'An Inconvenient Truth'. So much for freedom of speech. The UKIP party's Lord Monckton is so convinced that reports of…

Research From Dr. Masaru Emoto, says that if human thoughts are directed at water before it is frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the…

Women in rural India spend hours together traversing vast tracts of hilly terrain to collect the firewood for household leaving their family and children at home. Some times there is "Pakad" i.e.…