Researchers using the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite have confirmed major reductions in the levels of sulfur dioxide, a key pollutant generated by coal power plants which…

In this post, I want to set off on a voyage, a voyage to visit some of the less well-known volcanoes of the world.  I'll take a look as some volcanoes you may not of heard of, and it will also…

The text below was graciously written for this blog by Alejandro Rivero (below),  a friend who has contributed to this blog other times in the past. His theoretical ideas are off the mainstream,…

Astronomers do find massive compact objects in the X-ray Binaries, in the Quasars, in the center of many galaxies. In most of the cases, the radius of such objects could be few Schwarzschild Radii…

Energy use and environmental sustainability are deeply entwined. The impact of environmental degradation has been an important factor in the development and decline of civilizations. It has been…

For most of human history, technology changed very little during a person’s lifetime. Certainty, their life was not constant with the hard agricultural life being interrupted by war, disease, and…

Most neutral parties regard the Kyoto Treaty as more of a political/economic effort than a science-based climate one. Regardless of how much blame you place on CO2 for current climate change, the…

Most neutral parties regard the Kyoto Treaty as more of a political/economic effort than a science-based climate one. Regardless of how much blame you place on CO2 for current climate change, the…

Let's hope bizarre stories regarding Sweden's nationalized health care system are the exception - worried Americans have enough on their minds without wondering if a government life/death panel will…

Let's hope bizarre stories regarding Sweden's nationalized health care system are the exception - worried Americans have enough on their minds without wondering if a government life/death panel will…

Ayurvedic medicines are basically derived from the Vedic literature and plants of family Fabaceae have special importance in the Ayurvedic medicines.The family Fabaceae popularly known as legumes, is…

One of eastern Europe's busiest transport routes is stuck - literally. The waters of the Danube are so low due to lack of rain that 80 big cargo ships are stranded. The Danube is Europe's second…

One of eastern Europe's busiest transport routes is stuck - literally. The waters of the Danube are so low due to lack of rain that 80 big cargo ships are stranded. The Danube is Europe's second…

By the time Dr. Maciej Zwieniecki returned to the blackboard, I’d gotten sufficiently lost in the intricacies of fluid dynamics that I wasn’t sure how much more I could absorb from his lecture on…

Update: I am keeping out of this, but you may well be interested in reading what Gibbs, Woit, and Motl have to say about recent leaks on the ATLAS and CMS results. So I hope I won't be crucified for…

Scientists spend long hours in the lab and it has effects on their biological behavior even outside the lab.  Some of these phenotypes may even be permanent. Of course PIs may view these…

Modern humans first arose about 200,000 years ago in Africa but some new research suggests humankind left Africa traveling through the Arabian Peninsula instead of hugging its coasts, as long…

Modern humans first arose about 200,000 years ago in Africa but some new research suggests humankind left Africa traveling through the Arabian Peninsula instead of hugging its coasts, as long…

I don’t understand, sometimes, how people put together their web pages. Who really thinks that, say, pink text on a red background looks good? Seventeen different typefaces on one page? A background…

Space is three dimensional: Length, Depth and Height, or X, Y, and Z, that makes three. Since any modest agnostic holds a Multiverse extremely likely though, and moreover also our own universe likely…