It may surprise you to learn this but Nature (the magazine, not the bitch) is not a fan of yours.  Or ours.  Or anyone not part of their multi-billion dollar publishing conglomerate. They…

Many people are confident that their dogs and cats can sense impending earthquakes. Could squid provide humans with the same service? Let's examine the "connections" that have been drawn between…

The 1950s were a golden age in America economically - a huge chunk of the middle class had a car and a house and a good life with only one parent working; a pipe dream in today's economy, but income…

Cute!! Well, not really, but it's still just about big enough to play on the swings with you. Unlike his rather more terrifying parents, who might have rather impolitely eaten you for dinner, this…

Everyone issues forth platitudes about how science should be more 'open' and, in a world of social media, it will certainly stay harder to remain closed. A few weeks ago, a leak about a possible new…

Everyone issues forth platitudes about how science should be more 'open' and, in a world of social media, it will certainly stay harder to remain closed. A few weeks ago, a leak about a possible new…

From BathMums, a brewing controversy over a baby friendly cafe for new mothers that has suddenly started charging a 'corkage' fee (if you are unfamiliar with the term, it is a fee a restaurant…

From BathMums, a brewing controversy over a baby friendly cafe for new mothers that has suddenly started charging a 'corkage' fee (if you are unfamiliar with the term, it is a fee a restaurant…

Ethan Siegel is not the most popular writer on Scienceblogs.com but he may consistently be the most enlightening.     He writers that the future of particle physics is commonly believed to…

Ethan Siegel is not the most popular writer on Scienceblogs.com but he may consistently be the most enlightening.     He writers that the future of particle physics is commonly believed to…

You know times are hard when thieves are stealing research bees.  It may make sense, though, since in the modern world stealing money is hard - no one carries money - and you'd have to be an…

You know times are hard when thieves are stealing research bees.  It may make sense, though, since in the modern world stealing money is hard - no one carries money - and you'd have to be an…

I had a question posed to me last week; 'what was the first science experiment?' The downside to knowing a lot, including copious amounts of trivia and a completely unnecessary pantheon of movie…

Some books you read and forget about before you've even put it down. Some you cast aside midway through. Every now and then, though, you find a rare gift of a book that continues to move you days,…

You may suspect the beating of a dead horse by now, but the problem is actually that the animals in question are still alive. As was discussed, the alive cats expect to see something when the box…

This is a new title: Gotta Get 11 Dirac Gamma Girls, Plus 5 Doing an Imaginary Twist [Note: based on discussions below, I decided to alter the title from "Gotta Get 16 Gamma Girls". The core figure…

What if a study were produced that said there was something fundamental about how women react to men and it was discussed by the head of a medical body and its official publication?   If you are…

Mobile Make Out is is an iPhone app that claims to make it possible to make out with someone you are not supposed to be making out with and totally not be called unfaithful by your wife or girlfriend…

I like to think I once led an eclectic, interesting life.  I have bribed police in the mid-East, outrun the Bulgarian mafia while driving to get my picture taken with Albanian rebels in…

Okay, the riddle I posted two days ago  was indeed solved by theorists - albeit ones with good internet connections and smart search engines. The figure, pasted below for your convenience, is…