A single figure graces the pages of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work On the Origin of Species, first published in 1859. The figure in question depicts a tree-like sequence of branchings through…

Unlike the rest of the cells in your body, your red blood cells lack nuclei. That quirk dates back to the time when mammals began to evolve. Other vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, and birds, have…

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According to a study in Molecular Biology and Evolution, the Vikings never left Northwest England - up to 50 percent of the DNA they found in men had Scandinavian ancestry. The 100 men in the study…

A cellular protein that helps guide immune cells to the gut has been newly identified as a target of HIV when the virus begins its assault on the body's immune system, according to researchers from…

Raytheon Company has delivered a new SUV to the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office - with a radiation detection system. It's designed to operate in urban environments…

The celebrated Bristol Dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus, has been shown to live on subtropical islands around Bristol, instead of in a desert on the mainland as previously thought. This new research could…

Oops, there was a Just Science again this year and we missed it. Mostly because we do just science every day. But it's nice that it's catching on. I wonder if baseball players have 'just baseball'…

Dr. Mani Bhaumik, co-inventor of the technology that lead to Lasik surgery, experienced a spiritual rebirth born of 'an absence of want, a compulsive consumption - a queasy feeling of being overfed…

FACT: The inner core of the earth is a sphere with a radius of about 1,200 km, made mostly of iron, which has different mechanical and magnetic properties based on temperature. MYSTERY: Elastic…

In the science world, media and our daily lives, the debate continues over how carbon in the atmosphere is affecting global climate change. In a study of how organic carbon is processed in rivers, a…

Black holes are massive gravitational fields in the universe that result from the collapse of giant stars. Because black holes absorb light, they cannot be studied using telescopes or other…

If you're reading this article, you already know that on February 12th, 1809, one of the most important figures in world history was born. I'm talking, of course, about Abraham Lincoln. What, you…

The two atoms of an oxygen molecule severed by a metal catalyst usually behave identically, but new research reveals that on a particular catalyst, one oxygen atom plants itself while the other moves…

Were you looking for Darwin Day 2009 or perhaps 30 Days Of Evolution Blogging? From H. F. Helmolt, History of the World (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1902). Darwin Day is an international…

In a fairly optimistic paper published in Biotropica in 2006 Joseph Wright and Helene Muller-Landau suggested that declining rates of population growth in tropical countries, coupled with increased…

Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" If drums of different shapes always produce their own unique sound spectrum, then it should…

The February issue of Geotimes takes a look at the complicated issues surrounding Iraq’s oil exploration and production. Though oil prices have doubled and Iraq boasts the largest untapped oil…

A report published in BMC Public Health states that socio-economics and neighborhood have a more powerful influence on sexual activity among 15- and 16-year-olds than the classroom. A team of…

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. has presented the agency's proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over its actual FY 2008 budget…