The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may be able to tell scientists how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. The chunk of rock and dust, about 1,900 feet in diameter, also might…

A lack of free time is no longer a viable excuse for avoiding exercise, according to a new study in The Journal of Physiology. Researchers studying interval training have found that it not only…

Birds communicate with their developing chicks before they hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research published in Science has found. By changing conditions within the egg, canary…

A study of blind scorpions published in Cladistics is challenging the long-held assumption that specialized adaptations are irreversible, evolutionary dead-ends. According to the new phylogenetic…

When I was  child my mother used to worship BARGAD  i.e. Ficus bengalensis and  PEEPAL  i.e.   Ficus religiosa on a particular day in month of June calling Badmawas i.e.…

Here We Go Round The Binary If this little piece of whimsy helps educators in any way,that will make me very happy. Here We Go Round The Binary verse 0000nothing. nothing. nothing-nothing twice…

For the sake of argument Argument - a discussion for the purpose of making something clear. Sake - benefit. To introduce an idea 'for the sake of argument' does not mean bringing up an idea to…

The Monckton MethodLord Monckton's UKIP party would like to ban Al Gore's movie: 'An Inconvenient Truth'. So much for freedom of speech. The UKIP party's Lord Monckton is so convinced that reports of…

Research From Dr. Masaru Emoto, says that if human thoughts are directed at water before it is frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the…

Women in rural India spend hours together traversing vast tracts of hilly terrain to collect the firewood for household leaving their family and children at home. Some times there is "Pakad" i.e.…

"He [the Poet] considers man and nature as essentially adapted to each other, and the mind of man as naturally the mirror of the fairest and most interesting properties of nature. and thus the Poet,…

 Increased amounts of nitrous oxide (N2O) produced in low-oxygen (hypoxic) waters can elevate concentrations in the atmosphere, further exacerbating the impacts of global warming and…

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells. The achievement is a breakthrough for biology and could provide…

Amazon rain forests were unaffected by a major drought in 2005, neither dying nor thriving, contrary to a previously published report and claims made the by the IPCC, according to a new study in…

When we anticipate or smell a meal, the parasympathetic nervous system triggers salivation and increases insulin production in response to the expectation that glucose will be entering the blood…

A new study in BioScience suggests that boosting use of maize-derived ethanol will increase greenhouse gas emissions and worsen the effects of climate change as a result. The research focuses on how…

Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. But the relationship between risk for the disease and smoking may not be so simple. New research published…

High school and college students who understand that the earth is 4.5 billion years old are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a survey published this month in…

In order to learn how modern societies can adapt to the changes caused by global warming, scientists are working in the Arctic regions of St. James Bay, Quebec, northern Finland and Kamchatka to…

Some studies suggest that video gaming can improve vision and enhance information processing abilities. But that may be total nonsense, according to a study that examined the short-term effects of…