Record setting year for highs and lows - global warming doesn't just mean hot, people.H/t Toothpaste for Dinner

On Tuesday, September 11th, 2012, I will make the attacks of 2001 a political issue.  For almost 10 years, these attacks have been used by Republicans as a political issue, justifying everything…

California, the U.S. state in the midst of a budget deficit that would make third world nations cringe, didn't stop finding ways to tinker with an already perilous economy.   100 watt…

California, the U.S. state in the midst of a budget deficit that would make third world nations cringe, didn't stop finding ways to tinker with an already perilous economy.   100 watt…

2000 years from now, if future researchers find our Science 2.0 mug, what would it tell them?  Quite a bit, it turns out - at least regarding the social structure of the period in which we live.…

Seems to be a time for retrospectives! I couldn't resist the chance to muse on the history of Squid A Day . . . I started posting sixteen months ago, on September 1st, 2009, having been brought to…

NEW THEORIES OF COSMOLOGY for OPEN DISCUSSION      History of the science always showed that the science is like a mirage. People will think that science has reached to an…

Western thought, from the sciences to the arts, have been based upon the rich mythology and history of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.  One which seems to guide the subconscious thought of many…

This is the second of two parts. Read part one here In this discussion we will attempt to perfect the definition of eudaemonia by replacing the word "flourishment" with the word "promotive."…

In this first of two installments defining eudaemonia we will attempt the impossible, circumnavigating the sphere of "the good." For something to be eudaemonic it must be conducive to our happiness…

"2010 was a banner year for science news and also a good one for Science's news department. This year, our reporting team garnered six awards for stories published in the magazine or online. You…

I know that some of the visitors of this blog are surprised to find personal stuff in my column every now and then. However, a blog is an online diary, and I do leave here my personal thoughts if I…

The sudden switch from one to another provider of visit statistics last September prevents an accurate assessment of how this blog fared in 2010. However I can collect some information from some in…

Does it take effort to tell the truth or are you naturally honest? In other words, are you truthful or a liar? A Harvard neuroimaging study showed that you're wired to be one or the other. The study…

Icon for Cosmic Embryo: Erupting star V838 Monocerotis  ”On 2010-09-26, at 5:01 AM, Frithjof A.S. Sterrenburg wrote: Dear Richard! Sorry to hear you have been in the claws of the barber-surgeons…

Strange but true! Oil supertankers cool themselves by pumping water from the ocean through their overheated innards, but as it turns out, there's more than just water in the ocean. Market squid have…

I am 21% of awesome.  But the rest, well, as with last year, I thought I'd let everyone know what you hated. My two worst columns from last year, the only ones to get under 400 visitors, were: 1…

On August 21, 10:25:20 and 10:51:16, a mid-level aid on my opponent's staff signed up on my Political Action Committee's website to "Turn out voters, Make policy, Fundraise, Volunteer in general" on…

Will your new year start with a BANG? Well, it might, if you bring it in with this molecule.  This is trinitramide, a compound newly synthesized at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in…

What is the most popular form of Citizen Science? Some want to make us believe it is SETI@home, 8 year olds being pressured by overenthusiastic teachers, or people in their backyards looking for…