No, this is not an article about top models. Rather, the subject of discussion are models that predict the existence of heavy partners of the top quark. Ever since quarks were understood to be the…

Blood clots may be a good thing - at least in protecting the body from the deadly effects of bacteria by absorbing bacterial toxins, according to a new paper in PLoS ONE. Even with modern antibiotics…

Some papers say that meditation can have beneficial health effects, and that makes sense, but a new paper claiming evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness…

 Red Mountain, an abandoned California magnesite mine, is providing geoscientists new insights on how to permanently entomb greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth. The Red Mountain mine is…

Peer-reviewed articles are taking off on Twitter - whether or not people have read them is another story. But someone read them during peer review so more exposure is good even if, in the case of…

Visit a museum these days and you'll see people using their smartphones and cameras to take pictures of works of art, archeological finds, historical artifacts, and every other object and most of…

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Strikingly Truewww.ripleybooks.com/newsroom Time For Kids Big Book Of Science Experiments (even a nifty 'Family Tree' chart on the last page, after the index, with…

This is an interesting question I was asked recently on the space show. It's inspired by this 5 note theme from the 1970s movie. (if you don't see videos in this page, try reloading it). It's…

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Global warming has been hopelessly politicized since a Kyoto Treaty was jammed through over objections and then basically ignored by everyone.  A science basis for American cars causing global…

The word 'synchronization' is part of our cultural lexicon - we 'sync up' with other people, 'sync our computers' and 'get in sync'.    There's a reason it resonates (we'll come back to our…

Experiments with ultrashort laser pulses support the idea that quantum interactions between molecules help plants, algae, and some bacteria efficiently gather light to fuel their growth - but that's…

Overworked patent offices are struggling to keep up with the rapid explosion in information and technology that genetic sequences represent. An international project may have a solution - a free and…

Almost 90 percent of children and adults with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showed no evidence of cancer after receiving a personalized cell therapy that reprograms a…

Whether human beings and extraterrestrials could communicate with each other using music. This is a question I was asked on the space show. It was inspired by the 1970s movie with this theme tune: 5…

Shortly after you began seeing television advertisements for 23andMe, they are gone again.  Its aggressive marketing campaign has caused skepticism from the FDA about its accuracy - and the…

Shortly after you began seeing television advertisements for 23andMe, they are gone again.  Its aggressive marketing campaign has caused skepticism from the FDA about its accuracy - and the…

Experimental techniques and computer simulations have determined a new way of predicting how water dissolves crystalline structures like those found in natural stone and cement.  In a new study,…

Microscopy is the universal diagnostic method for detection of most globally important parasitic infections. But it's not cheap. Methods developed in well-equipped laboratories are not available at…

The majority of all violent crime in Sweden is committed by a small number of people and they have a definable demographic - personality disorders, substance abuse problems and almost all males (92%)…