In recent years, Britain has been invaded by Harlequin ladybirds, which are threatening our native species.  In this picture, a native seems to be trying to mount a harlequin, although I…

It's a good idea to know a second language for lots of reasons but English has long been the business standard.  How do cities ranks? A new list of 25 global cities has the answer. "English…

The average premiums paid by employer-sponsored family health insurance plans rose  from $9,249 to $15,022 per year between 2003 and 2011 - a 62 percent increase, according to a new Commonwealth…

Vega is a summer star in the Northern Hemisphere, visible toward the west at sunset. Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra and, at only 25 light years away, quite close, cosmically…

The oncoming train wreck of climate change has an upside if you live in the Northeast part of America: fewer Snowmageddons brought on by cold weather. A new high-resolution climate projection applied…

Some 3,300 years ago a tsunami must have hit the the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean, though no historical records of tsunamis exist. Sediments don't lie and the sediments studied by scientists…

University of Warwick economists say they can calculate the true value of  political lobbyists in American politics - quantifying the 'it is not what you know, but who you know' adage. Lots of…

Researchers have announced discovery of a species of animal related to crabs, lobsters and shrimps that is new to science. A tiny shelled arthropod was found in 425 million-year-old rocks in…

Clinical trials are obviously important.  The results influence what drugs are approved by regulatory bodies, which can have a billion-dollar impact on companies. Clinical trials have always…

It's not disputed that long necked sauropod dinosaurs were the largest land animals ever to walk the Earth, but why they got so large is a debate. Was it the nature of the food they ate?  While…

Why do people think that a $25 flu shot is more likely to still have them getting the flu than a $125 flu shot? It isn't that they think a $25 flu shot is less effective, it's that they worried they…

In what is believed to be a historical first, someone named Dr. Rongxiang Xu has filed a lawsuit against the Nobel Assembly, citing libel and unfair competition. Xu is apparently the founder of…

Emotion can help us recognize words more quickly, just like the context of a sentence can. But a new paper about the role of emotion in word recognition memory says we do not remember…

Rose madder, a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles, might be cool once again.  Chemists have developed a non-toxic and sustainable lithium-ion…

A gel similar to the amino acid that enables mussels to resist the power of churning water can be painted onto the walls of blood vessels and stay put, forming a protective barrier with…

Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor of organismal biology aat the University of Chicago, studies the neural basis of tactile perception -  how our hands convey this information to the…

Want a microchip that operates 300 times the speed of chips today? Maybe some day. Tiny, inexpensive silicon microchips developed by a pair of electrical engineers at the California Institute of…

This sounds a bit like a Dalek invasion.  But in fact it’s research from Arizona State University: X-ray laser helps slay parasite that causes sleeping sickness Does that mean we will have…

The little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones, says a new paper,  and the findings could lead to new strategies for fighting osteoporosis and…

The news of the prizes to theorists and experimentalists are going to receive million-dollar prizes ($3M and $1M, details everywhere else -but see Peter's blog for insightful comment and discussion)…