A preliminary study on the application of thermo-microbiology and its relation to time of death has been released by Professor Isabel Corcobado and colleagues at the University of Granada.  The…

This is a   " bolt on  blog  "  to my  earlier Jan 15  2009  blog, on Spiral Sunspots   The  bolt  on,    is prompted …

It's March 14 - happy Pi day! (And now it's official - Congress just recognized March 14 as Pi Day!) For those not mathematically inclined, 3.14 is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its…

Our website got hacked. Astronomy sites are a popular target. It's safer to hack NASA than, say, the NSA. All the bragging but little of the risks. Hacking NASA to get at 'inside stuff' is…

Tinfoil News A British government spokespersonality has today issued an official denial of the government's intention to ban the wearing of tinfoil hats. This was in response to rumours following…

If the Higgs boson, whatever that will turn out to be, is hiding, wherever it may be found continues to shrink. The latest analysis of data from the CDF and DZero collider experiments at Fermilab…

It seems obvious; even in a noble profession like education, if you pay people more who are better at it, better people are incentivized to do it. Obviously a number of people do it despite the…

Nyiragongo, an active African volcano, possesses lava unlike any other in the world, which may point toward its source being a new mantle plume says a University of Rochester geochemist. The lava…

Women with certain gene variations appear to be protected against cervical cancer, according to a study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and reported in…

As we walk back to his office, a small Mars rover appears to be making its way through the snow.   "These kinds of things happen at MIT," he says.

A move from the big city to a small village is always a culture shock, but can it affect just more than your Friday night plans? Now, I've lived in rural and urban locales. But either the local water…

Show Me The Science Month Day 24 Installment 24 How do new genes arise? One common way is through gene duplication - the creation of a second copy of a gene when the DNA replication or repair…

Question;  What do you see when you look at a Spiral Galaxy.  ?    Answer;   A Galaxy with a Spiral.  Sorry, wrong answer.  The   correct answer…

While you're sipping that morning cup and looking for excuses to put off work, here's what's interesting in science around the web today (well, ok, not just today - I haven't done one of these in…

Want to start an argument among shark paleontologists?   Ask whether Carcharodon carcharias, the great white shark, evolved from the line that produced Carcharodon megalodon, the largest…

A new dating method found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought.  So how did he adapt to the cold of even a mild glacial period? The Zhoukoudian, China, site of…

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center of our Milky Way galaxy - and it helps solve a mystery.   Namely, why have…

New interactive features on NASA's Global Climate Change Web site give the public the opportunity to "fly along" with NASA's fleet of Earth science missions and observe Earth from a global…

Researchers in Japan have turned to mathematics to build a computerized 3D model of the female trunk that could help lingerie and other clothes designers make more sensuous, comfortable, and better…

Research at the new School of Creative Arts Therapies at the University of Haifa: Drawing enhances emotional verbalization among children who live under the shadow of drug-addicted fathers  "The…