A couple of months ago, I picked up on the news that Archaeopteryx had been rebumped in its* phylogeny to now sit among the dromeosaurs. I also mentioned near the end... I will say this, though: don'…

'Lucid' dreamers are people who claim they are aware that they are dreaming and can deliberately control their actions in dreams. When people dream that they are performing a particular action, a…

Ol' man Sol doesn't just screw with Earthlings.  Earth got "epic" geomagnetic storms during the last few days, allowing southern states to see the Northern Lights, and now Mars is on the list.…

Is sitting around with your friends and talking while you drink coffee too time-consuming?  Do you think that 5 Hour Energy Drink tastes creepy? The folks at AeroShot have some good product…

Higher levels of testosterone have been associated with reduced lean muscle mass loss in older men, especially in those who were losing weight. In thoese men, higher testosterone levels were also…

Neanderthals had shorter legs than their Homo sapiens contemporaries, leading many to believe that the locomotion of the former was less efficient (basically, they have to take more steps to traverse…

Experiments have recently supported a longstanding hypothesis that explains how males can survive with only one copy of the X chromosome, a hotly debated topic in science. Women have two X…

The cat is possibly the cruelest hunter, and like with so many bad things, humans are to blame for turning something naturally not so good (Natural Born Killers) much worse. Some deluded apologists,…

Recent articles and discussions around superluminal tachyons have raised various questions regarding their existence and the meaning that it might pose to physics.  Oh, the hell with it. …

Mix together 1) A badly broken medical device approval system (a classic House of Cards exemplified by the rising incidence of god-awful complications from metal on metal hip replacements) with 2)…