Global warming is a complex matter, with many effects interacting. This, of course, makes modeling it accurately a great challenge. Now, a new feedback mechanism has been identified. The quantity of…

Pesky animal rights activists may complain if you eat veal but they can't complain if you eat larvae, right?    Those are bugs and people sitting in trees have to eat something while they…

I’ve got to be honest.  Graduate student life comes with awesome perks: flexible schedules, fun-loving coworkers, and amazing travel opportunities.  But the green-eyed monster occasionally…

Is there a 'Singularity', an ascension of man being able to become machines or machines becoming sentient, coming in 2045? Given the current state of artificial intelligence and robotics, that would…

An activist website called Negotiation Is Over is urging its followers to attack scientists.   Left-wing kooks are no different than the right wing kind, just their issues are different.  …

Check out this photo, taken a few weeks ago in La Jolla, Southern California. What do you think is most striking about it? Some people might be surprised by the sheer number of squid in the photo--…

I just finished watching the Women's World Cup semifinal football match, USA versus France, and am currently preparing to watch Japan versus Sweden and an important difference is immediately…

Arctic Ice July 2011 For much of the written history of the Arctic, exceptional extents of open water were reported in terms of what the explorer, fisherman, whaler or sealer had previously…

Metasequoia, a deciduous conifer, and one of the common fossils found in many of the Eocene sites of the Pacific northwest, flourished in Oregon's forests for millions of years. In honor of this long…

Recently, all species of scombrids and billfish have been assessed by the IUCN to determine their ranking on the Red List of Threatened Species. And for tuna specifically, the results weren't good at…