Tsunamis are big news for the last few days and there may be an ancient reason along with a current one.  A group of researchers are saying a tsunami likely destroyed the fabled lost city of…

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is a pretty good movie until, like with many movies, the final third, where it becomes alarmingly like an indie coming-of-age movie that will wash over film festivals again…

"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is a pretty good movie until, like with many movies, the final third, where it becomes alarmingly like an indie coming-of-age movie that will wash over film festivals again…

Everyone's heard of the Darwin Awards, right? It's where some poor soul dies in such a monumentally stupid way that it can be considered that they have done the human gene pool a great favour by…

Bananas in their natural state have up to a hundred seeds but all commercial varieties that you see in stores are seedless.   Making seedless varieties made bananas wildly popular, which was…

Low temperatures in the Arctic 'ozone layer' have recently initiated massive ozone depletion, which means the Arctic could experience a record loss of this trace gas that protects the Earth's surface…

Earthquakes are big news due to the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Friday.   As a result, some are curious about the worst earthquakes and resulting tsunamis we know…

How did we ever last this long?  As the occurrence of allergies. asthma and immune diseases rises, but just in wealthy countries, the idea that we are trying to keep kids too clean - the hygiene…

The online disability rights and autism advocacy movements intersect, with appeals from the autism advocacy movement appealing to the larger disability rights movement. Recently, a new petition…

My friend and colleague Judit Pungor, a graduate student in Stuart Thompson's lab at Stanford's marine station, drew the most amazing poster of how squids see: It's so adorable, and so educational.…

If you want clicks, then now is the time to write about earthquakes and nuclear disasters. That is why Science 2.0 has now an article telling us how great it is that the quake hit Japan, because…

Because occasionally, it's important to stop and enjoy the flowers.

What I Had For Breakfast - Not Really A short history of blogging In the early days of blogging, a lot of people seemed to feel the need to share boring stuff about what they did all day.  A…

Whichever way you argue one thing is sure - the population is increasing and earth resources water, land, air and atmosphere are finite. They are subjected to manmade activities of deforestation,…

Why We Should Ban Food Ban food?Which food?All of it, probably. Why we should ban food Oh yes, and medicines. They're just too darn dangerous to produce, that's why.  Quite apart from the risks…

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan was a devastating event and did unknown amounts of damage.    There is risk of fire, water shortages, power outages and radiation leaks,…

Neutrino phyisics may be boring, as Jester claims in a post today at the NEUTEL11 blog, or exciting, as many others are ready to testify. And since Jester talks about exciting new results ready to be…

One feels very sad to see the devastation in Japan and offer deep condolances to the departed sousl and wish all courage to the people there who are fighting the natural calamity. Tsunamia are a…

Update: For the latest bulletins, please see my new article:Japan's Nuclear Emergency - The Straight Goods - Update original post begins here:Japan's Nuclear Emergency - The Straight Goods There is…

Dr. Paynter of the MD Dept of Ed noted that "all students have gifts, but there are some students who are ready, right now, to play varsity."  In America, we easily accept that some kids are…