Next week is the winter 215th AAS meeting, this time in D.C..  I'll be there presenting there Thursday on Project Calliope, the ScientificBlogging music satellite I'm building in my basement for…

Rather than writing down my new year's resolution, I find it more constructive to look back at the past year and draw some conclusions on it. I have already done some analysis concerning this blog in…

I AM RICE A reading activity on the Digestion of Carbohydrates By Camilo Apita Tabinas I would like to share this method of teaching the topic on digestion of carbohydrates. This worked with my…

Environmentalists worried over global warming affecting Kashmir climate ANI 25 December 2009, 09:53pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Kashmir Valley Chilai Kalan SRINAGAR: Environmentalists have expressed…

'Copenhagen could mean end of Kyoto' TNN 28 December 2009, 02:55am ISTText Size:|Topics:India Saran Copenhagen Kyoto NEW DELHI: Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran on…

Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions: Study PTI 30 December 2009, 12:58pm ISTText Size:|Topics:arctic US Geological Survey WASHINGTON: US Geological Survey (USGS) has warned that the…

Note to those in the various fields of Physics: You must read the entire paper. The language and style may seem contradictive from a mathematical standpoint in the early paragraphs. The paper is…

    THE END OF TIME©          By: David Cox     Note to those in the various fields of Physics: You must read the entire paper.…

Something rotten Sitaram Yechury December 15, 2009 First Published: 21:22 IST(15/12/2009) Last Updated: 21:28 IST(15/12/2009) Print The global negotiations on Climate Change at Copenhagen…

No, not a modification of the now classic "Say of the week" series. Rather, a quote from a very famous Physical Review article which is of relevance to a couple of questions I offered here and here…

Clean, free-flowing Ganga by 2020: Govt PTI 31 December 2009, 03:29pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Govt clean Ganga 2020 VARANASI: The Centre has expressed confidence that by 2020 the polluted river Ganga…

We already know that "suffering builds character", but a new study suggests that it may do a lot more than that. Successfully coping with stress at an early age may significantly increase your…

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, or SPIRE instrument, riding aboard Herschel Space Observatory, launched in May by the European Space Agency, has provided one of the most detailed views…

The authors of a new study published in Current Biology say they've gained new insight into the sex lives of malaria spreading mosquitoes. In finding a partner of the right species type, male and…

A team of anthropologists has for the first time directly analyzed DNA from a member of our own species who lived around 30,000 years ago, allowing scientists a unique glimpse into the history of…

“Room for one please!” Josef was impatient. He was tired. It had been a long hot day and he needed a bath. “Of course sir. How many nights?” “Twenty-one nights, I will be leaving the same day in…