'Living Fossil'? Scientists Argue Its Usefulness

'Living Fossil'? Scientists Argue Its Usefulness

The term 'living fossil' is a topic for argument among scientists because it appears to suggest that some organisms have stopped evolving. Like 'missing link' or 'God particle' the concern is the…
What's Still Powering Supernova Remnant 1987A?

What's Still Powering Supernova Remnant 1987A?

A team of astronomers led by the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have succeeded in observing the death throws of a giant star in unprecedented detail. In February of 1987…
Technical Communication - Twitter Account Is Back

Technical Communication - Twitter Account Is Back

To those who follow my twitter account: my account was hacked over a week ago, and only today could I get it back to work (the twitter support team is not -hehm- a prize-winning one). So while I am…
The Higgs Lottery

The Higgs Lottery

The mediatic effect of the Higgs boson discovery of last July is clear to everybody. And CERN has been very good at exploiting it, making fundamental physics a familiar topic and creating interest…
On Killing

On Killing

I recently watched a program on the Science Channel entitled "Human Nature: Born to Kill".  In this episode, part of the objective was to explore humans killing other humans.  Of course,…