It's not only the biology of lakes that varies with the climate and other environmental factors, it's also their chemistry. More knowledge about this is needed to understand the ecology of lakes and…

Food is interesting to me. It's essential, of course, but it's also a lot of cutting-edge science that people don't see. It's hard to imagine now that when I was a kid, Prof. Paul Ehrlich (and then…

If you are venturing into a Whole Foods, it lends to a broad stereotype. Epidemiological data has shown that if you want to find an anti-vaccine, anti-science hotbed, take a protractor and draw a…

New York, NY, May 1, 2014 – We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have established that a novel noninvasive technique can detect…

The combined heat from climate change and urbanization is likely to reduce the number of eastern swallowtails and other native butterflies in Ohio and promote the spread of invasive relatives, a new…

RICHLAND, Wash. – Killer whales and other marine mammals likely hear sonar signals more than we've known. That's because commercially available sonar systems, which are designed to create signals…

How can FIER (pronounced as “fire”) be of use if the program or the course is already in existence?  This article addresses this question. As we may recall, part 1 introduced FIER to have four (…

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

Physically active kids who spend a lot of time outdoors are not only healthier, they have a stronger sense of self-fulfillment and purpose than those who don't - and more spirituality too.…

There are three simple family-oriented rules of thumb to overcome childhood obesity. They basically involve limit setting to address the brain's "get more" drive strengthened through habitual over-…