Mystic tourism, the basis for William Burroughs’ The Yagé Letters, is becoming big business in the Amazon. Yagé was strong enough by reputation to tempt Beat Generation writer and junkie William…

Mystic tourism, the basis for William Burroughs’ The Yagé Letters, is becoming big business in the Amazon. Yagé was strong enough by reputation to tempt Beat Generation writer and junkie William…

Low power electronics and devices for active, modern lifestyles is getting edgy; the research is on for stuff that is wearable, epidermal, implantable - heck, even edible. Smart skin, created by MC10…

One good comment is worth a thousand readers.  In the past three weeks, as I've been busy with midterms, my Calliope posts have been simply brief blog-entries rather than full articles. …

Sorry, guys, but it's been scientifically proven that a woman can now blame her anger and aggression on her genes. Scientific research found that some women are genetically programmed to be angry and…

Sorry, guys, but it's been scientifically proven that a woman can now blame her anger and aggression on her genes. Scientific research found that some women are genetically programmed to be angry and…

Mention "Mass Extinction" and most people will immediately think of the extinction that killed the dinosaurs. To be fair, this was pretty big, as far as extinctions go. Not only did it kill all of…

False equivalence was the big deal two weeks ago, with political advocates Googling for evidence that there might be a Republican with a science Ph.D. (and then ostracizing any found, in the name of…

It sounds perfect.  Turn garbage into energy.  Proposals for new or expanded waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators, which combust trash (i.e. municipal solid waste) to generate electricity and…

It sounds perfect.  Turn garbage into energy.  Proposals for new or expanded waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators, which combust trash (i.e. municipal solid waste) to generate electricity and…

Some genes appear to have an effect on lifespan. This shouldn’t be too surprising news. But now, a research team from Stanford has shown that there are epigenetic effects on longevity as well. Using…

A calcium-to-zinc imbalance, yeast, dysbiosis, low zinc, heavy metal toxicity and abnormally high levels of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, silver, tin, titanium and…

A calcium-to-zinc imbalance, yeast, dysbiosis, low zinc, heavy metal toxicity and abnormally high levels of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, silver, tin, titanium and…

Every now and then, I need to cleanse my palate, shift directions, and give myself a break. And nothing makes a better break than a light and easy read like Shatner Rules. If you liked Star…

A new photo of a nearby star and its orbiting companion shows the planet has a temperature like a hot summer day in Arizona. Penn State Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kevin Luhman…

If you're a man, no matter how funny you are, your wife thinks you are not.  Well, men, science is giving you the last laugh. Sort of. Men are funnier than women, though mostly to other men,…

Freedom To Cheat? Do the laws and constitutional safeguards which guarantee freedom of speech grant a freedom to cheat?  According to a basic principle of common law, freedom of speech ends…

In a few short hours, the World Series will begin between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals.  In the midst of all the talk of how offense is winning games this year (team Earned Run…

It's been a while, Science 2.0. My excuse (if anybody needed one): I've been rather busy over the summer with fieldwork. Not a good excuse, admittedly. But, anyway, I'm back now! Anyway. There's a…

Earlier this year, a DNA computer was reported that could calculate square roots. A little later, a neural network was constructed out of ‘the stuff of life’. These advances strongly hinted at the…