There are currently a number of research teams worldwide working towards the implementation of bionic heads and faces which can attempt to express human emotions, however “… most of them can not…

A new analysis shows that America could produce almost 9% of its annual energy needs -  25 billion gallons of fuel - using algae. But it will take a lot of water. Algae are plump with oil and…

Compassion in Adversity It is not our petty squabbles that define what it is to be human: it is our compassion in the hour of adversity.  The Oklahoma tornado demonstrates this. "There are empty…

If spending is the metric, Canadian research is in trouble. Of course, if spending is the metric, American Democrats hate science a lot more than American Republicans do, but you'd have a hard time…

Are you among the 60% of UK television viewers who admit to a Television Tryst behind your partner's back? A survey of Netflix customers found that the freedom to watch what we want, when we want can…

Tiotropium delivered by the Respimat(R) Soft Mist(TM) Inhaler (SMI) increases time to first severe exacerbation and first episode of asthma worsening across a broad spectrum of patients who remain…

Fred Astaire is, of course, beyond compare. As a dancer, he had already set the bar for everyone and then he set it a lot higher when he appeared in 1951's "Royal Wedding" at age 52. Echoing a Voodoo…

Decades of focus on genes may have led the scientific community away from a balanced exploration of the organisms that those genes define - whether they be plants, animals or microorganisms - and…

Next month, the US and Europe would like to make some progress in tearing down trade barriers, an archaic notion left over from the Colonial period in history.(1) Special trade agreements with blocs…

During the Bush administration, NASA began monitoring the Moon for explosions - they have turned out to be more common than previously believed, happening hundreds of times each year.  Smart…