The more heterogeneous the community of an online chat channel, the more chances the channel has to survive over time, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Haifa and the…

Insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke are all related to obesity, but are likely not caused by it, according to a review in Trends in…

 A team of researchers has discovered how to efficiently turn carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using visible light. The discovery opens the doors for scientists to explore what organism is…

Professor Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany Hon Director, Life Sciences Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Center, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004. Phone 00 91…

Biofuel is not ‘worse than regular petrol or diesel’ provided a three tier model is adopted and forests are not cleared to raise biofuel “Tropical deforestation contributes around 20% of global…

Biofuel  is not ‘worse than regular petrol or diesel’ provided a three tier model is adopted and forests are not cleared to raise biofuel   “Tropical deforestation contributes around 20% of…

I sincerely apologize for my complete absence from the blogging world though a recent bout with what can only be called "The Plague" has had me incapacitated for more than a week. Minus a trip to the…

Old World Order Overthrown : Newsflash THE THYMES July 1st, 1776 News has just reached the shores of our Britannic Majesty's Kingdom - that certain seditious rebels have defeated His Majesty's…

A Humorous Poem Remembered This poem delighted me as a child.  I still enjoy it. I hope you may enjoy it also. Sir Smashem Uppe Good afternoon, Sir Smashem Uppe,We're having tea, do take a cup…

-------- Original Message --------Subject: are ants bad for our health?From: Date: Sun, February 28, 2010 2:00 amTo: bugman@bugs.org We have ants and I respect their quest for food...but does…

This is the second in a present series, highlighting a particular incidence of  discrimination here and now, and those new to this may consider my intent to do some wider campaigning around this…

It is a while since I wrote anything here: Mea Culpa, I shall eventually resume the series I started, but for now I feel there are more urgent and important issues at stake, for which reason I will…

Cherry Picking At The Tree Of KnowledgeThe fruit of the cherry is easily spoiled: rough handling, bird pecks, insect bites, mold - all can render the cherry unappealing or inedible. The cherry picker…

Just a quick thought, prompted by my response to "TV as Teacher". We can blame the corporate media for pumping our kids full of distorted values and promoting gross stupidity, but the thing is, they…

There are times when online discussions get heated, times when people seem to have differing ideas of what certain concept actually mean. Sometimes Wikipedia helps in gaining at least the first…

    Introduction This document reflects the response of FACT Foundation to the recently published report “Jatropha! A socio ‐economic pitfall for Mozambique”1, by Justiça Ambiental (JA)…

Electrostatic propulsion system concept http://knol.google.com/k/alex-belov/electrostatic-propulsion-system-concept/1xmqm1l0s4ys/15# This electrostatic propulsion concept based on flow of…

Continuing my earlier geomagnetism blurt: University of Rochester geophysicist John Tarduno and an international team measured the magnetization of nanometer-sized magnetic inclusions,…

The recent earthquake in Chile was so big, it altered the earths rotation.  So if you notice the days getting shorter, blame the quake.  According to NASA scientist Richard Gross, the earth…

On March 8th, international women day, the CMS experiment at CERN will be run almost entirely by women. 32 of the 34 shifts needed to run our experiment will be covered by women scientists of our…