Wind tunnel experiments to determine the role of asymmetry caused by the orientation of a volleyball on its aerodynamic characteristics found that it would be easy to make a volleyball more…

Self-driving cars are the future. Some day our grandchildren will look back on today and be baffled that we ever debated about whether or not to save hundreds of thousands of lives per year. Yet…

The belief that scientists should be dispassionate observers and neutral resources for the public good is dangerously misguided, argue marine biologists in a Science letter.  Environmentalists…

Polystyrene, one of the world's most common plastics (one popular product is Styrofoam), degrades in decades when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously claimed. …

We often get scary stories saying that Arctic methane emissions are increasing. Recently many are panicking about a story in NewsWeek which has been widely retweeted. When you drill down to the…

"Le Roman de la Rose" (The Romance of the Rose) was started in 1230 and completed around 1280. It is a medieval French poem styled as an allegorical dream vision and some parts that were later…

A successful experiment on the International Space Station in September led to a bioprinter producing fish, rabbit, and beef. Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka manned the 3-D printer that used magnetic…

A successful experiment on the International Space Station in September led to a bioprinter producing fish, rabbit, and beef. Cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka manned the 3-D printer that used magnetic…

In the 1970s, oil-producing countries in the OPEC cabal had the ability to control western countries using prices and supply. After a series of such crises in the 1970s, Americans began to develop…

In the 1970s, oil-producing countries in the OPEC cabal had the ability to control western countries using prices and supply. After a series of such crises in the 1970s, Americans began to develop…

Reporters have a duty to report what they find out after they verify that it has a certain degree of credibility.  To shine a light on the dark corners.  That is what the media did about…

No one wants to defend JUUL at this point, it is a real struggle to defend the value of smoking cessation harm and harm reduction that e-cigarettes simply do better than gums or patches because it…

No one wants to defend JUUL at this point, it is a real struggle to defend the value of smoking cessation harm and harm reduction that e-cigarettes simply do better than gums or patches because it…

CRISPR-Cas9 is the biological equivalent of the Higgs in physics; everyone knows it will get a Nobel Prize, it is just a matter of when. What about after that? If physics is any indication, they may…

CRISPR-Cas9 is the biological equivalent of the Higgs in physics; everyone knows it will get a Nobel Prize, it is just a matter of when. What about after that? If physics is any indication, they may…

Once upon a time a food company spent years in court defending itself against a government lawsuit about a marketing claim on their package that looked misleading.  The U.S. Federal Trade…

Global warming did once kill off a once-common species, but it was the transition from the last Ice Age to the current warming period, starting 15,000 years ago. That well-known species was the…

Glenlivet is staking its claim on young consumers who eat organic food from microwaveable pouches and might try whisky if pouring it and drinking weren't just so, you know, tedious. It has all the…

Glenlivet is staking its claim on young consumers who eat organic food from microwaveable pouches and might try whisky if pouring it and drinking weren't just so, you know, tedious. It has all the…