Plants resemble stones if they have to grow in deserts . Can you recognise plants from pebbles in this picture ? Nature has plants designed to go upto 14,000 feet and above MSL . Even you can decide…

Plants resemble stones if they have to grow in deserts . Can you recognise plants from pebbles in this picture ? Nature has plants designed to go upto 14,000 feet and above MSL . Even you can decide…

Petermann Ice Island (2010) - The Mörner Version The world of climate science according to wishful thinkers. I was raised at the seaside.  I lived through the 1953 floods which resulted from the…

If Big Science complains about U.S. budget skepticism in the future, they are going to have to answer questions about the James Webb telescope.  It is currently 3 years and $1.5 billion over…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Over 16 million people displaced in one country, millions displaced in another, due to deforestation on the banks of their rivers and almost all the lakes world over especially in developing world or…

Want a belt or shoes made out of human skin but don't want to deal with all of the tiresome Nazi comparisons?   [Hu]manLeather, a UK company, is taking all of the flak for you. Apparently,…

Want a belt or shoes made out of human skin but don't want to deal with all of the tiresome Nazi comparisons?   [Hu]manLeather, a UK company, is taking all of the flak for you. Apparently,…

Research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association had a surprising finding for women and careers - women who are economically dependent on a man are less likely to…

Alec Baldwin never actually left the United States, even though he said he would if George W. Bush won in 2004.   So people make silly threats about politics but do political outcomes have any…

Belief: Girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys. Not really.   At least not by the time children reach the eighth grade, says a new Journal of Social and Personal…

If you watched Comedy Central last night, you may have seen a celebrity roast of David Hasselhoff and some research today is another reminder of "Knight Rider". In the "Knight Rider" television show,…

A new article concludes that early intervention for young people with delinquency problems may help prevent the development of crime, alcoholism and risky sex behaviors, especially among those with…

John Timmer of Ars Technica weighs in on the Pepsigate stuff - maybe a little late, but Scienceblogs people like the attention so it's all good.   Other large networks (us, Discover, NN) get a…

John Timmer of Ars Technica weighs in on the Pepsigate stuff - maybe a little late, but Scienceblogs people like the attention so it's all good.   Other large networks (us, Discover, NN) get a…

Thousands lined up in Japan Sunday to see a capsule from the Hayabusa space probe which was hoped to have brought asteroid dust from Itokawa back to Earth. Would Americans line up the same way?…

Thousands lined up in Japan Sunday to see a capsule from the Hayabusa space probe which was hoped to have brought asteroid dust from Itokawa back to Earth. Would Americans line up the same way?…

Its pity that we destroy the forests on the banks of the rivers, remove trees on the hills, and allow silt to accumulate in the lakes. All this leads to destroying water bodies. It's fury of nature…

The logic behind the worship of Goddess of wealth Laxmi in Indian mythology is simple. Lotus grows in water ponds. If you need to worship you need to bring lotus. Lotus is found in water bodies only.…