The Gentleman Cricket, Or Chivalry Is Not Dead

The Gentleman Cricket, Or Chivalry Is Not Dead

Males of many species guard the females they have mated with, a behavior generally interpreted as a tactic to reduce the likelihood that rival males will mate with the female. This, of course, can…
Peru Lays Down the Squid Law

Peru Lays Down the Squid Law

Humboldt squid have been fished in Peru for years. The government has now decided to make some new regulations, with noble intent: The Government also aims to ensure the rational and sustainable use…
Scientists Edge A Little Closer To Human Cloning

Scientists Edge A Little Closer To Human Cloning

I'll lay out something a lot of people won't like to hear; science is about understanding the world according to natural laws and that means sometimes breaking the laws of nature.  How far that…
Aakash: India's Tablet Computer Goes For $35

Aakash: India's Tablet Computer Goes For $35

Americans sometimes believe things have to be expensive, from science to technology.   Yet getting adopted by the masses is the road to long-term success so a country that can make a microscope…
Antennae Galaxies Get An ALMA Close-Up

Antennae Galaxies Get An ALMA Close-Up

The world's most complex ground-based astronomy observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) on on the Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, has officially opened for…
Pumice As Cradle Of Life?

Pumice As Cradle Of Life?

In which context did life arise? A problem yet unsolved. Several plausible ideas and hypotheses have been put forward: shallow seas, meteorites (see DNA, Made In Space?), and even much more extreme…
On Wearing Two Hats - Your Input Appreciated

On Wearing Two Hats - Your Input Appreciated

One of the issues that emerged in the discussion of whether researchers should be bloggers is the fact that it is always dangerous to wear multiple "hats", i.e. carrying multiple responsibilities…