Citing steps by India and China, Obama hopes for climate change accord Buzz Up Share Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) Citing steps by India and China and an emerging plan to help developing…

As a veterinarian for research animals, I have an odd job, and part of the oddness is the amount of time I spend thinking about how to kill animals. Christie Wilcox posted on how carbon dioxide near…

The verdict is out: Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito killed Meredith Kercher. The murder of the young British student in Perugia two years ago was a highly disputed case, and the proof of guilt of…

Propaganda is normally associated with governments that are attempting to persuade or influence people for a particular political objective.  More formally it is defined as "the deliberate,…

As a freelance scientist, I find my Friday to-do lists are particularly eclectic.  A little backstory: I work as a freelance a) science writer and b) programmer in order to support A) my family…

For type 2 diabetics, the choices are invariably slim: take medications and hew to a strict diet, or don’t take medications and hew to an impossibly strict—and largely unpalatable—diet. Such are the…

Indian target may help negotiations The Indian target to curb emissions growth is a positive step that will help the climate negotiations, says Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental…

This seems like something obvious that I should really know, but I worry that I'm forgetting something. Squids, octopuses, and cuttlefish all squirt ink. (Nautilus, the throwback cephalopod, does not…

A recent article entitled "Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought" raises an interesting point especially in light of recent discussions about public…

Reducing green house gas emissions is one thing and checking rivers from drying , ponds , lakes , dams , going without water, flora and fauna being lost each year, more and more land turning saline…

I do not know about you, but top quarks fascinate me. Since my early years as a student in particle physics I participated in the top search, and then the top discovery, with the CDF experiment at…

The winners of our first-ever writing competition here at Scientific Blogging were announced this week, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Three outstanding articles were selected by YOU –…

India follows China's footsteps, to announce emission cuts today Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Thu, Dec 3 11:55 AM New Delhi, Dec 3 (ANI): Following…

Our ability to learn new information and retain lifelong memories appears to lie in the minute junctions where nerve cells communicate, according to a new study conducted by NYU Langone Medicine…

An international team of scientists has developed a new method of measuring CO2 absorption by the oceans and mapped CO2 uptake for the entire North Atlantic for the first time. Appearing tomorrow in…

Thanks to compliance with the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is beginning to recover and that means Antarctica is about to experience more warming and an increase in snowmelt, a new study in…

Scientists from MIT say they are developing a new kind of power plant that can generate electricity without emitting any carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and can be built at prices comparable to…

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say it's time to ban smoking in private residences. Never mind those archaic ideas like choice and private property, this must be…

While feeding birds may seem like an ordinary and innocuous activity, scientists are reporting this week that it can have a profound effect on the evolutionary future of a certain species of bird,…

From The Times, a journalist global warming skeptic changes his tune: I thought global warming was all bog-standard, apocalyptic nonsense when it first emerged in the 1980s. People, I knew, like…