Iowa State University physicist Kerry Whisnant has developed a mathematical formula that he says predicts how well baseball teams will perform on the field. The new formula is based on work of Bill…

According to a new study in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, educational DVDs do not improve overall general language learning abilities Among 12- to 24-month old…

Researchers from Chungnam National University in Daejeon, South Korea say that increasing dissolved oxygen concentrations in alcohol may reduce drinking-related side effects and accidents. The…

A new meta-analysis of 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide 'proves conclusively' that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids, say researchers…

Scientists writing in the FASEB Journal say a genetically modified strain of tobacco can help temper the damaging effects of toxic pond scum, known as microcystin-LR (MC-LR), which makes water unsafe…

A new study in Nature Geoscience suggests that an asteroid strike may not only account for the demise of ocean and land life 65 million years ago; the resulting dust, darkness and toxic metal…

The longer an individual uses marijuana, the more likely that person is to meet criteria for psychosis, according to a report to appear in the May print issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.…

Geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) say the massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile last week occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused…

Researchers analyzing mitochondrial DNA extracted from a polar bear fossil discovered in Norway in 2004 say the species is relatively young, splitting off from brown bears approximately 150,000 years…

“GM food only way to feed starving people: US scientist Sun, Feb 28 09:30 PM “Kochi, Feb 28 (PTI) The ''spat'' over GM vegetables on ethical grounds was meaningless while millions of people are…

Climate Change Debate Ends In Global Accord I would so love to see that headline for real; wouldn't you? I can just imagine some of the big names on both sides of the debate coming together for a…

MEDIEVAL MEDICINE         Post-mortem examinations were rare well into the Middle Ages, largely due to religious and intellectual scruples. This early representation (c.…

Let me also say what I don't mean by final, underlying, laws of physics. I don't mean that other branches of physics are in danger of being replaced by some ultimate version of elementary particle…

This is an authorized English translation of the paper by an outstandingRussian economist Mikhail Gennadievich Delyagin, as appeared in theRussian-speaking Internet on 19.03.2009 under the following…

Cannot resist posting the following paperclip, grabbed from a news site this afternoon (it's a Sunday, a critical detail you should not overlook; and this is an Italian newspaper, as should be…

Green jobs—great. But gray jobs, maybe an even better bet. If there is a single graphic that everyone concerned with the nation’s future should have tattooed on their eyeballs, my vote goes to this…

In light of some comments below, and what appears to be an inability to follow a simple link, I accept it is time to rewrite this blog post as one seamless narrative. Thanks to those comments that…

This American Life from Chicago Public Radio has an interesting story about the history of psychiatry with regards to homosexuality: why homosexuality used to be considered a mental illness, and why…

IPCC Seeks Independent Review Committee For 5th Report The IPCC has started work on the preparation of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).  They are currently looking for experts who can act as…

Why did the Babylonians and the Greeks approach astronomy so differently? In my last post I quoted Toulmin and Goodfield from their history of dynamics and astronomy, The Fabric of the Heavens, where…