Some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models predict, according to findings in the Astrophysical Journal.  That…

Physicists from the University of Bonn have developed a completely new source of light, a Bose-Einstein condensate consisting of photons, something not known to be possible, which may potentially be…

This holiday season, starting today when you bite into the cranberry sauce and the tartness smacks your tongue as hard as that snide comment from your sister, consider the power of sour.Neurobiology…

Some researchers have proposed that, because people can get through money certain things they can get through acceptance, money might act as a substitute for social acceptance. Since social distress…

One day a year you can talk about dark meat and huge breasts without getting yelled at by your significant other. Here are 15 other things you can only say on Thanksgiving and not get funny looks.

One day a year you can talk about dark meat and huge breasts without getting yelled at by your significant other. Here are 15 other things you can only say on Thanksgiving and not get funny looks.

Effect of embedding Fe3O4 nanoparticles in silica spheres on the optical transmission properties of three-dimensional magnetic photonic crystals Magnetic and optical properties of three-dimensional…

I am very happy to report here (after having done the same on my Greek blog first, for a change) that the "Max Planck" medal for 2011 has been assigned to Giorgio Parisi, a distinguished Italian…

A recent National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture series featured Michael Goodchild, a world-renowned geographer and director of the University of California, Santa Barbara's…

Science told us that vitamins are good. The polluted environment and the stress of modern living result in more free radicals than evolution has prepared us for; supplementing is fine. I swallowed it…

There's no denying Farmville on Facebook made gaming mainstream - your grandmother plays it, and so I am not knocking it.   It's cool enough and strategic enough and addictive enough, sure...but…

There's no denying Farmville on Facebook made gaming mainstream - your grandmother plays it, and so I am not knocking it.   It's cool enough and strategic enough and addictive enough, sure...but…

In my post about the somewhat wretched dating website HotOrNot.com, I wrote about researchers' determination that all humans value the same standards of beauty. Really, no matter if you're hot or…

We know the mouth is a useful orifice for venting our feelings: if we're "hot," speaking our anger can help us "cool off". And so the bigger the mouth, the better the cooling, right? Actually, yes.…

I'll be honest, I actually have been offered millions for Science 2.0.  Why not take it?  Well, I had to have that discussion with my wife, as you can imagine, but it felt wrong to have…

I'll be honest, I actually have been offered millions for Science 2.0.  Why not take it?  Well, I had to have that discussion with my wife, as you can imagine, but it felt wrong to have…

Why scientists should blog is not a new topic to Science 2.0.   In a way, I think we pioneered science blogging(1) because, prior to us, the only science bloggers with any real audience mostly…

The cohort: “The Phase III clinical trial followed 2,499 HIV-negative men and transgender women (who had once been men) who have sex with men. The individuals, aged 18 to 67, lived in cities in…

“Extraordinary measures” is a heart-wrenching movie about a parent’s quest to save the lives of two dying children with Pompe disease. Starring Brandon Fraser (John Crowley) as the venture capitalist…

Eating a high cholesterol diet is not going to harm your brain but eating a chronic high cholesterol diet can, according to researchers from the Laboratory of Psychiatry and Experimental Alzheimers…