The climate is changing and the natural world has to adapt to it. But how much time do the multitudes of species and their habitats have before it's too late? A team of environmental researchers has…

Many illusions are like spherically curved space. Below on the left (fig. 1 ) is a geometrical illusion, and on the right is a ball with some great arcs drawn on it. Notice the similarities: the…

ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON MEDICINAL PLANT: CHITRAK From: Santosh Sharma and Ashwani Kumar, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004 - India [msku31@yahoo.com] Introduction Chitrak…

Breaking News: Men's guide to spotting single women ANI 22 December 2009, 04:28pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Sex single men Single women This is the season for single men to be out looking for lovely…

Breaking News: Be his 'sexy' Santa this Xmas TNN 24 December 2009, 12:00am ISTText Size:|Topics:Man woman Christmas relationship guBefore the New Year spirit takes over, bask in the Christmas…

In Anglo-Saxon orthography, so we understand, the letters "ge" often represented the sound "ye".  With that little bit of information, you should have no trouble in construing the following:…

On December 8, the state of Ohio broke with tradition and killed a condemned prisoner with a single-drug lethal injection – a barbiturate overdose – instead of the 3-drug combo pioneered by Oklahoma…

Just a short note, a record to be precise. Last night the sea water level rose to +1.35 meters above average in the Venice lagoon, in a quite uncharacteristic quarter-moon surge triggered by low…

"Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it."

Scientific Name Rubia cordifolia Linn. Family Rubiaceae Used Part Root. Distribution Area A, prickly creeper or climber, common throughout India , ascending to an altitude of 3,750 m.…

According to a 2007 press release by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, every year 33.1 million people are injured by consumer products in the home. No one is safe and constant vigilance is…

Female ducks can thank evolution for avoiding becoming impregnated by undesirable but aggressive males endowed with large corkscrew-shaped penises: vaginas with clockwise spirals that thwart…

Stars in globular clusters tend to be 12-13 billion years old but a small fraction appear to be significantly younger than the average population.   Left behind by the stars that followed the…

(Hopefully 1st in a series of molecular biology topics, explained)                        Let’s face it –…

As 2009 closes, we can look at the state of sci-fi gaming.  You might wonder why a science site cares, and the answer is that science fiction is one of the best gateways to science careers.…

A recent study described in the article "Music Linked to Marijuana Use" illustrates just how badly science can run off the tracks. One of the more telling aspects of the study indicated that the…

Kim Peek, the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's character in "Rain man" died Saturday, Dec 19th 2009 at age 58, after suffering a major heart attack. A truly fascinating individual, Kim was classified…

India says to better cuts in gas emissions growth Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Tue, Dec 22 06:42 PM Enlarge Photo A man walks in front of a garbage…

Global warming may be a reality, but the debate over what causes the warming and what to do about it is nowhere near over, according to a story in the latest issue of Chemical&Engineering News (C…

Scientists have identified a strain of antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis that thrives in the presence of rifampin, a front-line drug in the treatment of tuberculosis. The bacterium was identified in…