Shaving foam and baby diapers might not be the first key components to spring to mind if you were tasked with developing a gargantuan Non Lethal Weapon (NLW) for use against enemy warships.But spring…

No, this is not an article about top models. Rather, the subject of discussion are models that predict the existence of heavy partners of the top quark. Ever since quarks were understood to be the…

Blood clots may be a good thing - at least in protecting the body from the deadly effects of bacteria by absorbing bacterial toxins, according to a new paper in PLoS ONE. Even with modern antibiotics…

Some papers say that meditation can have beneficial health effects, and that makes sense, but a new paper claiming evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness…

 Red Mountain, an abandoned California magnesite mine, is providing geoscientists new insights on how to permanently entomb greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth. The Red Mountain mine is…

Peer-reviewed articles are taking off on Twitter - whether or not people have read them is another story. But someone read them during peer review so more exposure is good even if, in the case of…

Visit a museum these days and you'll see people using their smartphones and cameras to take pictures of works of art, archeological finds, historical artifacts, and every other object and most of…

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Strikingly Truewww.ripleybooks.com/newsroom Time For Kids Big Book Of Science Experiments (even a nifty 'Family Tree' chart on the last page, after the index, with…

This is an interesting question I was asked recently on the space show. It's inspired by this 5 note theme from the 1970s movie. (if you don't see videos in this page, try reloading it). It's…

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