Do you know the difference between throughput and speed? If you don't, you certainly would not after reading TechCrunch (the deal “may be legally outside of the traditional net neutrality rules”) or…

Teach For America is a national group that recruits recent college graduates to teach in poorer public schools. Presumably the students would be better served than they would be by regular substitute…

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is still getting important particle work done, years after the closure of the Tevatron was announced. Scientists on the CDF and DZero experiments have…

Methane has 23X the impact of carbon dioxide on warming and livestock produces methane - burping cows burp. But it is a tiny fraction of climate change impact unless you are in the activism business…

A new study has found that several types of aquatic algae can detect orange, green and blue light. Land plants have receptors to detect the common visual optical wavelengths in the air, light on the…

Long after gluten-free, low-fat and tapeworm diets have been consigned to the dustbin of quaint health fad history, vegetarians will still insist their way of is better. In at least one way, they may…

If you were pregnant, did you ever take a Tylenol? If not, you have unreal levels of tolerance for discomfort but if you did, and you think your child is hyperactive, a new study may have some…

Anyone who has had to deal with Hospice for a loved one has to been impressed with the level of compassion and concern and caring they bring. But they are not all the same, and a paper in JAMA…

A cookbook editor in the New York Times says I am wrong on the gluten-free fad and that, if it makes people feel better to buy gluten-free, to leave them alone.  Well, well, well, look at the…

Last week, the USDA released its annual Pesticide Data Program (PDP) report about pesticide residues on food. This release comes from extensive sampling of crops entering the market during 2012…