If you are a particle physicist, and not French, your career at Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire  - CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research and the world's largest…

Depending on the species, males have different strategies to try and insure that they reproduce, rather than just being a step-parent. They may try to ensure paternity by increased surveillance and…

Most people, including many scientists and electrical engineers, have never heard of Wilhelm Josef Sinsteden.  He invented the lead-acid battery and published his findings in 1854.  In 1860…

What was the diet and movements of the first New Zealanders like? Isotopes from their bones and teeth can tell us. Researchers say they have been able to identify what is likely to be…

The Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South Africa, the pathfinder radio telescope for the $3 billion global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, has released its first results.  KAT-7 is the…

In the ongoing struggle between the Representative of the 21st District of Texas, Lamar Smith, and all that is holy about the peer review grant process, the battle lines are getting clearer.Yesterday…

Finally the decay of Higgs bosons to b-quark pairs is emerging from LHC data, too. That decay mode is the highest-probability one - about four out of five Higgs bosons will prefer to yield b-quarks…

 4C+29.30, a galaxy located some 850 million light years from Earth, has a new composite image which shows how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense…

An analysis of 4,000 abstracts of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that recent warming is human…

There's no awareness issue in climate change - almost no one on the planet hasn't heard of it or lacks an opinion. 62% of Americans believe global warming is happening - which means 38% do not. Like…