The scholarly journal Parallax (vol. 16, no.3, 2010) is a special edition on the subject of ‘YES!’. Gary Peters, who is Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory at York St. John University, UK, is…

I just left the following comment in the thread of my most recent posting, but thought it was more visible here, so I am cut-pasting it: sorry for leaving comments unattended here for long. The fact…

Neil Shubin alert: Researchers have found evidence that the development of hands and feet occurred through the gain of new DNA elements that activate particular genes - and they used a zebrafish…

A new study indicates that clay minerals, formed when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought. Clays were in some of the rocks studied by…

Over the past 50 years, about 50 dogs have jumped to their deaths from the exact same spot on the 100-year-old Overtoun Bridge in Milton, near Dumbarton, Scotland. What gives?   Almost all…

The Solar Core is   simultaneously  Collapsing,  and  Jetting.  The most obvious  effect of this phenomena  is the Suns Invariance.   ie.  …

Trousers have to be tried on – the variation between size labeling and actual clothing size is huge. This is shown by the report "Large? Clothing sizes and size labeling", which looks at the…

The study of epigenetics in psychiatry promises several key advances, as noted by Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., a Deputy Editor for Biological Psychiatry and an expert in this field. First, it…

It may not work with the ladies, but when it comes to leading a team tasked with developing new products and bringing them to market, new research from North Carolina State University shows that…

In the aftermath of the Newtown, CT shooting, people are searching for answers. The mental illness aspect is obvious, much like with the psychology graduate student in Colorado who opened fire on…