People who meditate seem to be able 'switch off' areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging…

It’s important that we learn to think critically about one of the most powerful forces in medical research, the placebo effect. It’s also important to realize that even when placebos (placebo is…

Scientists in the United States have come up with a tool for automatically analyzing digital photographs, making it possible to gauge the extent to which images have been altered or retouched.…

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is my 24 year old Nephew's favorite game.  In it Russians invade Manhattan.  When I was a kid, suffice it to say, the Russians were not to be played with...…

An East Asian human fossil from Maba, China and dated to the late Middle Pleistocene age has provided evidence of interhuman aggression and human induced trauma occurred 126,000 years ago. A report…

Extra-glowy squid lures are the new hotness, according to the UK's Western Morning News: Virtually all squid jigs [fishing lures] have luminescent sections, but now available in the South West are…

A mathematical model could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients will respond to therapy based on the biology of their…

The climate change effect of CO2 released from peat may be far greater than assumed. Drought causes peat to release far more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than has previously been realized,…

Most people, including physicists, do not like Many World and Multiverse concepts, especially if they come with Extra Dimensions. But these concepts were always self-evident to me, even before…

Oct 25, Gravity is a Mystery (in words, no equations)Snarky puzzle:  Is there a handedness to getting older? Is there a handedness to communication? If there is a handedness to either, how would…