I'll tell you up front, I am not a big fan of chemicals. It's not that I have chemophobia, or any science-phobia, I instead have that special sort of elitism that is available to people who have just…

Gang culture gets you one way or the other according to a new paper. Gang members are twice as likely to become both a victim and an offender of a crime than non-gang members. Why? Single acts…

Scientists have discovered a new species of long-snouted tyrannosaur, nicknamed Pinocchio rex, which stalked the Earth more than 66 million years ago. The dinosaur, officially named Qianzhousaurus…

Emotions like fear, anger, sadness, and joy are how we know people to adjust to their environment and react flexibly to stress and strain. They are the vital signs of cognitive processes,…

The modern world of Big Data increasingly requires knowledge of statistics and biologists are scrambling to master that along with all of the expertise needed to solve mysteries of nature. A new…

The climate hockey stick, a popular visual metaphor for climate change, has received considerable attention. It depicts a slightly cooling trend in the Northern Hemisphere from 1000 A.D. until 1900 A…

Synchrotron-imaging techniques have shed new light, literally, on the healing process that took place when dinosaurs were still alive.  They examined the cracks, fractures and breaks in the…

Yellow fever, an acute viral disease, is estimated to have been responsible for 78,000 deaths in Africa in 2013 according to new research published in PLOS Medicine this week. The research by Neil…

A newly discovered "hypervelocity star" is the closest, second-brightest and among the largest found so far. It is speeding at more than 1 million mph and may provide clues about the supermassive…

Synthetic Genomics announceda multi-year research and development agreement with Lung Biotechnology to develop humanized pig organs using synthetic genomic advances. The collaboration will focus…