Giant squid filmed at home

Giant squid filmed at home

Sub chases, films giant squid going to Pacific abyss Scientists from the Japan National Museum and broadcasters from NHK and the U.S. Discovery Channel , said (Monday Jan 7th) they have captured…
GMO Science Has Greens On The Run

GMO Science Has Greens On The Run

When anti-science eco-terrorists threatened to destroy a plot of genetically modified wheat at the government-funded Rothamsted agricultural research station in their "Take The Flour Back" campaign…
How Your Hearing Is Similar To A Car Battery

How Your Hearing Is Similar To A Car Battery

One of the mechanisms involved in hearing is similar to the battery in your car. How do researchers know?  They heard it in a fruit fly love song. The auditory system of the fruit fly contains a…
Feel-Good Science Explains Domestic Violence

Feel-Good Science Explains Domestic Violence

In the New York Times, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman recently made the case for a return to the 1950s. Keynes-ian economics was still in vogue and taxes were higher for the super-rich, lots…
Is The NIH A Cult?

Is The NIH A Cult?

As many of you know, I spent a fair amount of time last month engaged in debates about the wisdom of California’s Proposition 37, which would have mandated the labeling of genetically modified foods…
The Kilogram Is Heavier Than It Used To Be Too

The Kilogram Is Heavier Than It Used To Be Too

Feel heavier after the holidays? Newcastle University says you are not alone. Their Theta-probe XPS machine, the only one of its kind in the world, has shown that the original kilogram is also…
Counting The Cost of the Anti-GMO Movement

Counting The Cost of the Anti-GMO Movement

Last week, environmentalist Mark Lynas presented an articulate and painfully honest apology for his significant role in starting the anti-GMO movement in the 1990s.  He said that it…