The end is not near, at least according to the interpretation of the hieroglyphs by Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia, who says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a…

The end is not near, at least according to the interpretation of the hieroglyphs by Sven Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia, who says his decoding of a Mayan tablet with a reference to a…

A large statue of king Amenhotep III, who ruled from 1390-1352 B.C. and was the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, has been unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists. The 44 foot tall…

A large statue of king Amenhotep III, who ruled from 1390-1352 B.C. and was the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, has been unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists. The 44 foot tall…

A new article from the Association for Psychological Science (APS) begins with the premise that our ancestors avoided outsiders because they might carry disease.  Therefore, it apparently seems…

Alternative alliterative title: Long-tailed Light-up Loliginids! I've mentioned the two flavors of squid before: the open-ocean oegopsids and the nearshore myopsids. Most myopsids are in the family…

I've often said I think it would be a fair trade to swap a three-day waiting period on purchasing handguns if we required a three-day waiting period for science articles in the New York Times along…

I've often said I think it would be a fair trade to swap a three-day waiting period on purchasing handguns if we required a three-day waiting period for science articles in the New York Times along…

Science and politics are incomplete systems. We live in a linear timestream. Social Experiments as well as self-referential climate science are not science yet. This was affirmed to me personally by…

You may have seen recent McDonald's commercials for its "McRib" sandwich - that means it is back again, just like it has risen from the dead for the last 30 years.  What is a McRib sandwich?…

You may have seen recent McDonald's commercials for its "McRib" sandwich - that means it is back again, just like it has risen from the dead for the last 30 years.  What is a McRib sandwich?…

People who meditate seem to be able 'switch off' areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging…

It’s important that we learn to think critically about one of the most powerful forces in medical research, the placebo effect. It’s also important to realize that even when placebos (placebo is…

It’s important that we learn to think critically about one of the most powerful forces in medical research, the placebo effect. It’s also important to realize that even when placebos (placebo is…

Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analyzing digital photographs, making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched.…

Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analyzing digital photographs, making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched.…

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is my 24 year old Nephew's favorite game.  In it Russians invade Manhattan.  When I was a kid, suffice it to say, the Russians were not to be played with..…

An East Asian human fossil from Maba, China and dated to the late Middle Pleistocene age has provided evidence of interhuman aggression and human induced trauma occurred 126,000 years ago. A report…

Extra-glowy squid lures are the new hotness, according to the UK's Western Morning News: Virtually all squid jigs [fishing lures] have luminescent sections, but now available in the South West are…

A mathematical model could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients will respond to therapy based on the biology of their…