I have long argued that while the kooky, anti-science conservative is a new phenomenon, the kooky, anti-science progressive has a decades-old history.  And it basically came into existence due…

A previously unknown species of giant, feathered tyrannosaur has been discovered in China, making it the largest-known feathered animal, living or extinct. Tyrannosaurus rex and its cousins lived…

A recent discovery regarding injuries to baseball pitchers’ elbows can be described, in round terms, thus : the faster the pitch, the more likely the injury. Brandon (Brad) Bushnell M.D. (pictured)…

“Drivers license and proof of insurance, please,” is the way it often begins. Specular glints of sunlight carom from mirrored sunglasses. Busted for speeding, think it can’t happen to you? It…

Neutrinos come in three "flavors", electron, muon and tau, but they are able to 'morph' between the different types, a change called neutrino oscillation.   Neutrinos matter a lot to the future…

50. Indigofera tinctoria Linn. ‘Neel’ ( Indigo ) :- Leaf yields a valuable vegetable blue dye indigo ; it is fast both to light and water ; it is used for dyeing textiles and for painting. 51.…

JUAZEIRO, Brazil, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- An International workshop has been held at Juazeiro, Brazil, to review the first phase of a project to evaluate the potential for Oxitec's…

Most people don't know this, but there is a secret war going on in the animal kingdom; since before recorded history began, squirrels and rattlesnakes have been going at it.  Over time, some…

The "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes,  the location and behavior of magma chambers on the Earth's mid-ocean ridge system, a vast chain of volcanoes along which the Earth forms new…

Today I am leaving to Norway, for a visit of few days. If you happen to have suggestions for things to see and do there, please drop me a line in the comments thread below; I will be traveling with…