A recent BBC docu-drama called 'Atlantis' recreated the last days of the Bronze Age civilisation on the island of Thera (now known as Santorini), that I've meant to blog about for a while now. …

An article on Science 2.0 addresses a new study  on just how easy it is to create false memories. According to the article, researchers "show a unique pattern of brain activity when…

Looking back at over 2 years of writing, this column has covered a lot of ground.  Here's a topical index as proof. Topical Index (from Feb 2009, current to June 15th, 2011) Science Fiction…

Growing human, perfectly matching organs inside a pig and then transplanting them into humans is not a new idea - it may revolutionize medicine - but a new discovery may also allow pig tissue to be…

We've all had an Asian person say, 'All you Americans look alike' - but they aren't being racist, there may be some biology at work. The brain works differently when memorizing the face of a person…

If you pay a lot of taxes and get little to show for it, you don't have much trust in government, but if you are in a disaster-prone area, you have more confidence in government than most, say…

Here's a way to make the bloated costs of health care reform seem more palatable to opponents - it will knock 220,000 illegal immigrants out of the health care system just in California alone. A new…

Too lazy to exercise?  In a world full of concern about global warming and estrogen in rivers and anti-vaccine hippies trying to bring back polio, science has some good news for a change; even…

Botany: A Blooming History And now we return to part one of this series 1. A Confusion of Names We now meet Thomas Fairchild (1667? – 1729).  Wikipedia is rather terse about him:…

READING, England and BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - On Average, More than Half of Patients with Cancer Experience Debilitating Breakthrough Pain Archimedes Pharma Ltd.,…