It's not right for cobia not to be carnivorous but researchers in Baltimore have scientifically modified these fish so that they no longer occupy their usual place in nature's circle of life: they…

Readers of this blog are familiar with my criticism of some scientists or scientific practices, from evolutionary psychology to claims concerning the supernatural. But, especially given my dual…

In the previous installment of this longish article, I have introduced some of the issues that may affect the correct interpretation of a statistically significant effect. Below is the second part,…

Though women work in corporations and serve at higher levels of organizations more than at any time in world history, sociologists note that they still lag behind men in one high-profile way; fraud.…

An interesting issue came up through my volunteer work for the new website, "GMOAnswers.com".  Apparently some pot users are concerned that they might be unwittingly consuming what they consider…

Toxicologist Edward Calabrese of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has dropped cultural bombs on both the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and two scientists who provided crucial information…

An international analysis of conservation biologists finds that they work late at night and over weekends - just like much of the salaried corporate world and science writers.  The paper affirms…

Thanks to athletes like Ryan Braun and Lance Armstrong, doping has gotten a bad rap, but if solar power is ever going to be viable, doping will be essential. Flexible thin film solar cells require…

While cultural pundits are worried about the health impact of obesity and which foods need to be more regulated to prevent chronic disease, a new analysis has found that incidents of ischemic…

The nature of hypnotically suggested changes in perception has been controversial throughout the history of hypnosis.  The major current hypotheses of hypnosis hold that we always actively use…

Sociologists have challenged the perception that there is a "new and pervasive hookup culture" among contemporary college students that is substantially greater than a generation ago. They used an…

People have always distrusted science, just like people have always been afraid of the supernatural (unless it promises a spiritual pot of gold at the end of your particular rainbow) but the…

New research just out in the journal Science Translational Medicine opens the door for treatments capable of stopping Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before its first symptoms, that is to say before crucial…

Excavations of tools at two neighboring Paleolithic sites in southwest France have made the blurred lines between modern humans and Neanderthals more blurry.  Two research teams from the Max…

Near-death experiences may have found a new grounding in science. Whether and how the dying brain is capable of generating conscious activity has been vigorously debated but the near-death…

Researchers have measured light emitted by photoluminescence from a nanodiamond levitating in free space.  Their paper describes how they used a laser to trap nanodiamonds in space, and – using…

During the days of rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan, the military decided to try a science approach to working with the residents there. Unfortunately, they picked an American anthropology field that…

During the days of rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan, the military decided to try a science approach to working with the residents there. Unfortunately, they picked an American anthropology field that…

Ice ages and warm periods have alternated fairly regularly in the Earth's history: 90,000 of every 100,000 years in the past had vast areas of North America, Europe and Asia being buried under thick…

Researchers have described Megaconus mammaliaformis, an unusual mammal that lived about 165 million years ago. Previously, all that was known about this long-extinct mammal was a few little teeth…