Have you heard of biobricks? They're the answer--or at least an answer--to the accusation made here at Science 2.0 and elsewhere that: . . . there is one area where physics has the life sciences beat…

Dec. 6, Spinning the Interaction Story: Spin 1 (1 of 3)Snarky puzzle Figure out how to represent any quaternion using 3D rotations and one complex number. BackgroundComplex numbers are critical in…

No, not a million of those... I am talking about page hits. And no, there is no reason for retiring: the next million is awaiting! I didn't give much thought to page hits when I started blogging. And…

 In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union address next week, RealClearPolitics is rolling out daily “state of” reports to better frame the issues he might discuss. The following is a…

 In advance of President Obama’s State of the Union address next week, RealClearPolitics is rolling out daily “state of” reports to better frame the issues he might discuss. The following is a…

The decisions of life and death are not easy to make, whether it's about a loved one on life support or the need to spare a beloved pet suffering. As one family struggles with the harsh words of an…

...and people who like sausages, should not ask how they are made. As a member of two large scientific collaborations (CDF and CMS), I enjoy the benefit of seeing lots of scientific publications that…

Tom Chivers, Telegraph's assistant comment editor, may think he is being all edgy and cool by claiming Republicans - 50% of America - are anti-science. In reality, he is like an Emo-haircut wearing…

William Macaulay, in a review (1839) about the recently-published book by William Gladstone, The State in its Relations with the Church, wrote:     Mr Gladstone conceives that the…

As discussed in Part 1, analyzing “precognition” discredits everything but the in the eyes of pseudo-skeptic scientism worst: The influence of belief on the quantum probability of finding oneself…

Salinity is a global problem. The continuous loss of arable land due to irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, over-exploitation and mismanagement contribute to global change in a way…

The Genius Of Georg Ohm Much of the genius of Georg Ohm is forgotten.  He is remembered mostly as the scientist who defined the relationship between electrical resistance, electric force and…

We're used to outrage in the disability community, of hearing or reading a story and running with it. Sometimes, it's to attack and condemn other parents or individuals, but sometimes, when the…

Is the entire country of Mexico anti-science? Of course not, they are just willing to let really gullible people believe in silliness if it will generate a few dollars in revenue. We could learn that…

I was going to talk about neutrinos today, as the results of MiniBoone looking at how muon neutrinos mix into electron neutrinos had just been published earlier this week, and wanted to write about…

Despite the claims of Department of Energy experts interns that they are all completely qualified to pick winners and losers among technology companies and rationalization by the New York Times that…

Despite the claims of Department of Energy experts interns that they are all completely qualified to pick winners and losers among technology companies and rationalization by the New York Times that…

TED talks declined from ‘must-see-every-single-one’ to less interesting than liveleak.com, even from a science and technology perspective - seen a chicken plugger? Superfast slot cars? Bubble…

A previously unnamed species of horse fly has been named in honor of American pop singer Beyoncé Knowles. Beyoncé just had a baby but this horse fly business is probably the best gift of all. …

Windows 8 will be the biggest thing in the world of Windows since Windows 95.   That is my prediction based on months of using it in virtualization and now natively on my convertible tablet PC.…