A new oldest woolly rhino fossil in Tibet suggests some giant mammals evolved there before the beginning of the Ice Age, but it leaves a lot of questions about where these giants came from and how…

Have a telescope?   Heck, do you have a pair of binoculars? If so, head outside the city and take a look at a Type 1A supernova.  It's 21 million light-years away, which sounds like a lot,…

As the genome sequencing technologies progress, and the costs per genome sequenced go down, the number of genomes sequenced increases. So far, several hundreds of genomes have been sequenced, with…

Note: I have discussed today's topic in one of my best articles here some time ago, and I also gave even more technical insight in another piece. I decided to revisit the topic once more under the…

A non-invasive disease detection facility has been unveiled  for use in Leicester Royal Infirmary's A&E department.  It will detect the "sight, smell and feel" of disease without the…

Entropic gravity is back in the news. Various science blogs again carry headlines dealing with entropic gravity. This time round, the reports are less favorable towards the idea of gravity being…

In the early days of the Obama administration transition, there were a number of concerns about his anti-science beliefs.  He hired a guy who thought girls couldn't do math and one who thinks…

SDSS J102915+172927 is in the constellation of Leo.   It has a mass smaller than that of the Sun and is probably more than 13 billion years old and has been found to have the lowest amount of…

The Moon And The Telephone In the history of the discovery of climate change and its causes, there are many pioneers whose work in relevant areas is all but forgotten.  Some of these people are…

Picture the scene: you are about to start in a new school as a science teacher. The pupils are due back in one week. You have lessons to plan and resources to prepare. You walk into your lab for the…