Get your submissions in for a special, 150th Origin of Species anniversary edition of the Carnival of Evolution, going online November first. I've already received a whole slew of outstanding…

LAST THOUGHTS OF JESUS Ayad Gharbawi October 28 2009 - Damascus What were the last thoughts of Jesus Christ as he was crucified? Did he not doubt God when he uttered those famous words: “My God! My…

Jatropha curcas has now being extensively grown in India under the Department of Biotechnology supported micro mission projects with an object to identify, characterize and multiply high yielding…

Awesome. H/t to The Daily What and the huz.

With all of the concern/hype/hysteria over vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers say they may have found a way to protect lungs from all strains of the flu—antioxidants. In an…

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had been used to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency  for decades but the 2002 publication of a major study, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), indicated…

An explosion detected on April 23 by NASA's Swift satellite was more than 13 billion light-years from Earth, representing an event that occurred 630 million years after the Big Bang, when the…

Researchers say they have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give rise to sperm and eggs, an advance that will allow…

Asimo:The Most Advanced Scientific Robot!!!Lets watch a video!! Hey, but did you know that Asimo can sometimes can't climb up the stairs?Watch this video!!!!

You've heard of the Discovery Channel - if you want to learn about sharks, they're the place to go.   Heck, they even whacked me this summer as part of their promotional campaign. Unfortunately,…

A LiveScience article entitled "Top 10 Mysteries of the First Humans" raises several questions of which many are simply the quest for details regarding origins and migrations.  However, there…

A recent article addressed the issue of children being frightened of costumed characters and some of the other fears they might experience.  In some cases, this fear escalated into a phobia.…

Beauty can't hide! Flower gardens exist in our vast oceans. Fishermen have long noted colored fish and coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. The flower gardens banks consist of coral-capped…

The squid family Ommastrephidae includes my favorite Humboldt squid, along with a lot of other big-time commercial fishery species. How do they sustain the largest invertebrate fisheries in the world…

After yesterday's cliffhanger, I suppose I should explain what it means for a squid to fly. Can they control their aerial trajectory? Can they gain altitude, once airborne, which is the definition of…

 Future Prospects of BIOMASS FOR ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ashwini Kumar Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Centre Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004.…

IS THE MIND UNIQUE FOR EACH PERSON?   Ayad Gharbawi   October 24, 2009 – Damascus     When we ask ‘who am I’? let us say, that we are asking the question with the view that we are…

SAD OF THE EARTH Ayad Gharbawi As thinking creatures we must evolve mentally towards achieving a humanity within ourselves for whereas physical growth proceeds unguided mental growth requires a…

Scientific Name Cassia fistula Linn. Family Caesalpiniaceae (Fabaceae) Used Part Root. Distribution Area A deciduous medium-sized tree, occurring in deciduous forests throughout the…

Speaking of cephalopods which have surprised by not being too heavy to fly after all, I was reminded of one little cuttlefish who is actually too heavy to swim: Metasepia pfefferi, or Pfeffer's…