Scientists have observed ferromagnetism in an atomic gas for the first time, addressing the decades-old question of whether gases could show properties similar to a magnet made of iron or nickel. A…

Discussion Questions from class: 1) Realists argue that states are the principal actor in the international system. Is that as true today as it was in earlier times? Why or why not? 2)Do you agree…

Scientific Name Chenopodium album Linn. Family Chenopodiaceae Used Part Seeds. Distribution Area An erect herb, up to 3.5 m in height, found wild up to an altitude of 4,700 m, and cultivated…

There is new evidence that the solar wind has stripped away significant quantities of water from Venus.   The SPICAV and VIRTIS instruments carried by the Venus Express spacecraft have been used…

Scientific Name Cannabis sativa Linn. ( syn Cannabis indica L.) Family Cannabinaceae Used Part Leaves, flowers Distribution Area A annual occurring wild throughout the western Himalayas, and is…

Influence of salinity on RuBiSCo and PEP case contents and / or activity in Maize Hypothesis: 1. The content and specific activity of RuBISCO and PEPC may be influenced due to salinity. 2.…

Chloroplasts are the major site for the production of various sugars and sugar alcohols. However their number in cells has been found to be regulated by the sugars themselves in presence of…

Whether the inhibition of RuBISCO or PEPC activity is due to reduction of amount or activity of enzymes and what is the role of other factors in protection of this. The importance of altered…

Salt stress is one of the major constrains that limits crop productivity worldwide ( Boyer, 1982, Queseda and Ponce 2000 ) . Agricultural productivity in many aird and semi-arid regions of the world…

A LiveScience article titled "Teen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States", seems to be stretching the bounds of causality and creating linkages where none may exist. In particular, without…

How can Sperry maintain that his view is a form of mentalism but not dualism?  How can he be a mind - brain interactionist and still claim to be a monist?

In creating a science site for kids (that would be Kids Science Zone - if you haven't written anything there, feel free to do so) , the majority of comments I have gotten have been likely about the…

This guy Spillane has a quarry on his property in Illinois, and for years he's been selling limestone to landscaping companies. And for years, he's been seeing fossils in the rock--particularly,…

In keeping with Hank's recent article (and the fact that he's terminally obsessed with Greek mythology), we've developed something new for our good readers / authors here to use: The "Which Character…

Readers of this blog may begin to think that I have a personal antipathy for New York Times editorialist Stanley Fish. I don’t, really. Don’t even know the guy. And yet, somehow he manages to get…

Daniel, who over at Genetic Future does an outstanding job staying on top of the science, technology, and business of personal genomics, has scored three fascinating guest posts about the mess of…

Scientific Name Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. Family Asteraceae Used Part Inflorescence Distribution Area An aromatic herb, found abundantly in damp situations in the plains all over India,…

Scientific Name Mesua ferrea L.( syn Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.)Kosterm. ) Family Clusiaceae Used Part Stamens ( Sample is crushed flower parts with some stamens) Distribution Area Found in the…

The idea that if you're rich then you're smarter/more hard working/more righteous than everyone else has a long history in America that begins well before Horatio Alger. From Cotton Mather, to Ben…

Scientist and science writer Olivia Judson about the UK's charitable stance towards pseudoscience: The libel laws of England and Wales are notorious. Libel cases cost little to bring — you can make a…