A new study in Nature shows that genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome more than 100 million years ago and dramatically changed the way mammals reproduce. The molecular changes allowed…

I don't want to sound alarmist, but glow-in-the-dark animals are real-- and it's not just cute kitty-cats.  As reported earlier here at Science 2.0, scientists did this and that to genetics to…

In Morocco, the native Tamri goats love the berries of Argan trees they literally climb into the branches to get them. Multi-purpose circle of life bonus; the feces of the Tamri contain Argan seed…

In Morocco, the native Tamri goats love the berries of Argan trees they literally climb into the branches to get them. Multi-purpose circle of life bonus; the feces of the Tamri contain Argan seed…

Opponents of nationalized health care have been concerned about a slippery slope of preexisting conditions that would create a ghetto for people that are culturally unfashionable. Employers burdened…

Opponents of nationalized health care have been concerned about a slippery slope of preexisting conditions that would create a ghetto for people that are culturally unfashionable. Employers burdened…

It is more shocking to read about San Francisco residents wanting less government busybody interference than about gay nudists, but that's Frisco for you. The Castro district, home of the gay…

It is more shocking to read about San Francisco residents wanting less government busybody interference than about gay nudists, but that's Frisco for you. The Castro district, home of the gay…

People concerned about climate change recently can look no farther than the world's rainforests to see the diversity that arises from different ecological conditions.  History and geology, not…

The TEDx crew has been quite fast to make available on youtube the video of the presentation I gave together with Peter Woit in Antwerp yesterday. You can give a look at it here. Unfortunately the…

Laws of Nature and Natural Justice What are the 'laws of nature', the natural laws which underly the thing which we perceive as natural justice? Aristotle discussed natural justice in terms of what…

Research examined 19,349 twins between the ages of 12 and 41 yrs of age and had participants complete  a questionnaire at the start and end of the study to compare alcohol intake with the risk…

In a protein coding sequence of DNA, three subsequent nucleotides form codons (see figure 1), which, in turn, form amino acids that will eventually give rise to a protein. Some of these codons,…

Just about two days ago I warned that there will be a lot of nonsense about relativity coming out these days, and promptly there are already three articles here on Science2.0 alone that are exactly…

Yesterday's event at TEDx in Antwerp, in the gorgeous Flemish Opera, was followed by an enthusiastic audience of 1000. I spoke in the afternoon and tried to explain what it is that we do at CERN with…

To be specific, the Humboldt squid are back in California. Their opening act was a mass stranding on Black's Beach in San Diego last Saturday. A lifeguard had the most poetic commentary on the matter…

New research that includes representatives of 99% of mammalian families, has provided a ‘big picture’ for mammalian phylogeny. By assembling a large and robust DNA matrix, based on sequences of many…

Do you believe neutrinos can exceed the universal speed limit of 299792.458 km/s? Be careful before you respond with "yes". Rumor has it that the set of all people who believe superluminal speeds…

I just now dug up this from the Science Codex:   Milestone: A methane-metal marriage relating how the group of Lucy Ziurys at the University of Arizona have found a promising new way of making…

Maybe they stopped by Starbucks for a little faster-than-the-speed-of-light pick me up.