Oh, for those days of 2007, when the miracle vegetable story of the week - maybe the year - was instead about the super powers of chocolate. The science underpinning those claims was sparse but the…

The more conservative a female House of Representatives lawmaker is, the more likely she is to look like a woman, according to a UCLA analysis. Heteronormative gender bias, right? Stupid GOP likes…

The anti-GMO contingent may be anti-science, and they may be overwhelmingly progressive, but what they are not - and it is refreshing - is hypocritical when it comes to criticizing their own side of…

UPDATE: what a difference a small typo makes! In the report below I claimed that the CDF top mass measurement was yet to be stripped of the record of being the most precise in the world, given that…

Children's television is 'problematic', according to a new paper in the Journal of Communication. While there is no physical bullying in these shows, what the authors consider an 'alarming'…

Here is a head scratcher; when confronted about the vague, conflicting language in Proposition 37 - even the real name, the California Right to Know Genetically Modified Food Act, is weird and…

A contest co-organized by the European Science Foundation has a cash prize sponsored by Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt (Physics, 2011) - the goal, make a better video than the EU's "It's a girl…

A parasite that caused bees to lurch around like, well, zombies, and fly at night until they die has been found in Washington State.  Colony Collapse Disorder, in which all the adult honey bees…

September 28th. Burger King marks its fifth anniversary back in Japan with an "irrationality" themed burger - because hamburgers with black buns ARE CRAZY. The buns are made with bamboo charcoal and…

It used to be you had to rely on human science journalists to get concepts properly framed for you and enjoy the shot of dopamine confirmation bias provides.  It still happens, just a lot less.…