Ancient sunken ships are generally found in shallow water 100 or so, but two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found almost a mile deep in waters off the islands of Corfu and Paxoi, the Ionian Sea…

Stem cell research is very dynamic with research trends, focus, and approaches evolving rapidly - but increased government restrictions on the private sector have led to a steep decline in venture…

'The cloud' is so cliché Microsoft even has housewives using it in commercials.  All it basically means is that you can have a new way for your data to be hacked and stolen.  Unless the…

I forgot my phone charger for the conference I went to last week. If this was just a year ago then I would barely have noticed. Mostly because my trusty old Nokia that I had then would have lasted…

June 5, 2012 you get to share a communal experience with scientists from hundreds of years ago.  No, I don't mean Calculus, I mean one of the rarest and more interesting recurring events science…

It seems like there's always something to be mad at or feel threatened over when it comes to autism-related reporting or blogging. Sometimes it's reasonable outrage, like an article on autism that…

Take that, Sir Isaac Newton.  16-year-old Shouryya Ray has solved two fundamental particle dynamics theories, which will help scientists calculate the flight path of a thrown ball and…

2012 KT42, an asteroid about the size of a school bus, went by us at a distance of about 9,000 miles - larger than the diameter of the Earth but still a near miss, astronomically speaking.   Why…

Groundwater is a valuable natural resource for various human activities (Prasad and Narayana, 2004). Natural contaminants such as fluoride, nitrate, and chloride salts are increasing in ground water…

A recent placebo-controlled study showed evidence of trans-cranial bright light's effect to brain functions when administered through the ear. Bright light stimulation was found to increase activity…