With four members of Congress possessing science degrees, it is no wonder our science policies looks a lot like what lawyers would create. But Science 2.0 is about lighting candles for people, not…

With four members of Congress possessing science degrees, it is no wonder our science policies looks a lot like what lawyers would create. But Science 2.0 is about lighting candles for people, not…

I like to explain stuff so that people like you and me think “aha!”, and not, “this guy knows a lot; I better agree though I have no clue what he is talking about”. In this manner, let me again…

A team of Australian scientists has identified new genes that show identifiable changes in the blood of people with bowel cancer. The discovery has the potential to underpin a new cost-effective…

Well, not really a "true" queen sacrifice, but it is still a nice little combination the one I played against a strong 1st category player today at the "Baracchi Memorial" in Venice, a one-day rapid…

3) A scientific "paper" could be any file in the www2) The quotations should be always links: Not only to passages or texts, but also to images, audios, videos, blogs, sites, etc. - should be…

A cap and trade system for carbon dioxide has been a terrific flop; even proponents are leery that it is just another layer of bureaucracy and the only economic benefits have been of the economic…

In a fit of Keynesian pique sure to make wackier economists like Paul Krugman proud, Tom Mulcair of the New Democratic Party of Canada has claimed that the robust economy in Canada, during a…

In a fit of Keynesian pique sure to make wackier economists like Paul Krugman proud, Tom Mulcair of the New Democratic Party of Canada has claimed that the robust economy in Canada, during a…

It's Fascination of Plants Day! 39 countries are celebrating plant scientists and they work they are doing to feed the world, improve health and develop sustainable energy supplies. But it isn't…

It's Fascination of Plants Day! 39 countries are celebrating plant scientists and they work they are doing to feed the world, improve health and develop sustainable energy supplies. But it isn't…

Rockets are powerful stuff, and satellites and astronauts experience tremendous G-forces pushing down on them during launch.  For picosatellite work, it is necessary that your design be able to…

Helicopter parents rejoice - when you are not slathering on chemicals to make sure your cherubs never get any sunshine and scraping off deadly pathogens with antibacterial soap, you can further…

Giant planets have diverse chemistry; Jupiter, for example, first formed as a large solid core and then then accreted gas from the disk around it, which led to a different chemistry in its outer…

QUATERNIONS AND GROUP THEORY

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of sildenafil, brand name Viagra, showed improvement in echocardiogram measures of myocardial performance in children and young adults after Fontan…

It is very difficult to achieve this goal. Typically, fisheries undergo stocks permanently at different temporal and spatial scales of exploitation that exceeds the biological capacity and…

Anti-science hippies who invoke the precautionary principle to extremes (but only about their own causes) are not just an American cult phenomenon; Europe invented anti-science hysteria and the term…

While the word 'consensus' is commonly used in science, it isn't a great one.  Consensus means basically voting and the public does not want to think science is like the United Nations where…

While the word 'consensus' is commonly used in science, it isn't a great one.  Consensus means basically voting and the public does not want to think science is like the United Nations where…