Think sodas and other drinks are too sweet? You are not alone. Barry Nalebuff, professor of economics and strategy at Yale School of Management, thought that too and so 14 years ago he started…

The date for solving 'cold cases', those unsolved murders from the past, has just been pushed back a little farther.  72-year-old Jack McCullough has been found guilty edit after a DNA…

Despite all science showing it is unjustified and a French court overturning a moratorium that had no legal or scientific basis, the Prime Minister of France, Jean-Marc Ayrault, has declared…

New Cracks In Pine Island Glacier A huge crack which was discovered last October in Pine Island Glacier has propagated into a series of cracks during the Antarctic Winter.  The recent satellite…

It's Great To Be Back! I wish to apologize to all of my readers for being AWOL for so long without a word of explanation.  I have had a severe pain in my right arm from an unknown cause, and…

In 2012, you'd have to be crazy to get into the cereal business. The start-up costs are high, margins are low and competitors are gigantic.  Food scientist Mike Abrams and business partner Chuck…

Having recently graduated college, I can recall on more than one occasion waking up in the morning with a pounding headache, insatiable thirst, and intensely nauseous, regretting that one-cocktail-…

INTRO:  On September 14, 2012, I served as the guest speaker at the grand opening and dedication of the new Structural/ Materials Engineering Building at UC San Diego (UCSD).  Present…

Twins, height Why twins have different eye colour or one suffer from a disease and other not inspite of having the same set of genes. Epigenetics explains the observed phenotypes to altered gene…

The Society for Neuroscience recently hosted a webinar for all of its members on the topic of the budget sequestration event that will happen next year without some kind of positive action by…