Scientific Name B. monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa  Koenig ex Roxb.   Family   Fabaceae  (Papilionaceae )   Used Part  Fruit pieces   Distribution…

Ginseng Araliaceae Panax pseudoginseng Wall. Family Araliaceae is a very rare 30-60 cm tall erect herb distributed in the interior temperate mountainous regions of Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and China,…

Steaming To SuccessA hundred year old steam car speed record has just been broken by a British team.  Edward’s Air Force Base, California: Tuesday August 25th: Today at 8.19am (California time)…

Scientists are often assumed to be obsessed by definitions. After all, if you cannot precisely define a concept, say what a planet is, or what a biological species is, you literally don’t…

P. pseudoginseng Wall. A very rare 30-60 cm tall erect herb distributed in the interior temperate mountainous regions of Sikkim,  Bhutan, Nepal and China, recorded in the Western Himalayas from…

L. syn. A. barbadensis Mill. is a perennial, herbaceous and succulent species which belongs to the family Liliaceae. It is a short-stemmed plant bearing fleshy, mucilaginous leaves. The margin of the…

Worried that your cold revenge plans won't come to fruition before you shake off that mortal coil?  A new Web site, www.DeathRiskRankings.com, developed by researchers and students at Carnegie…

Researchers from NIST and the University of Maryland have found what they say is a simple method of sandwiching organic molecules between silicon and metal, two materials fundamental to electronic…

In 2007, advertisements talking about how much money you could make sitting on your butt if you would just BUY THEIR SECRET were at least interesting.     We got tales of people making…

Birds have a wide variety of vibrant plumages and have evolved various chemical and physical mechanisms to produce these beautiful colors over millions of years.  When did feathers first get…

Kudzu has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States but imagine that  instead of being a nuisance it could sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and…

If you listened to the media, a bailout of GM was good for investors.  A few months later, the stock was wiped out.   But if you paid attention to Ford Motor Company while the media ignored…

Little LEGO pieces shaped like pegs can re-create microscopic activity taking place inside lab-on-a-chip devices, also known as microfluidic arrays, at a scale scientists can more easily observe.…

Can even the human form grow tiring?This ORGY of a culture wepresuppose to be endlessly entertaining - perpetually self-gratifying -could it all be an elementary school yard game?Our brains areslowly…

Members of the Research Group Baubotanik at the Institute of Theory of Modern Architecture and Design (University of Stuttgart) have been focusing on the idea of living plant constructions - that's…

Australian scientists believe northern hemisphere pollution in Asia, Europe and North America  is to blame for southern hemisphere rainfall changes.   The new research announced at the…

I've been mean to computational/network/systems biologists recently (twice). Real soon here I'm going to get into some positive aspects of these fields, but before that, I have to slam systems…

Want to drive  the politically correct segment of academia into a  tailspin?   Tell them there's a group of people hurting animals and watch the outrage.   Then tell them they are…

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The story goes back to a conversation between me and Lothar in the summer of 2005. “Which instrument do you like the most Purushottam?“, He asked. “Piano”, I answered quickly. Though I played only…