Erica Jong, most famous (I think) for "Fear of Flying" and generally for talking about sex at a time when it was daring, has a daughter Molly , who contributed a piece for a new collection of essays…

What's ailing biology? Wilson da Silva, Editor-in-Chief of COSMOS, a science publication in Australia, was attending a lecture by Freeman Dyson lecture at the Perimeter Institute in Canada when Dyson…

The wizards at the Czech Technical University's Department of Control Engineering created a machine to show off how their servo motors can be used for precision tasks - and so they made it juggle.…

I get why New York people read the New York Times, what I don't get is why people elsewhere read it - and I have said publicly I am sure many in science would happily trade a 3-day waiting period on…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has created another cultural tizzy because some people persist in an irrational belief that anyone in the UN knows anything about anything.  Recently,…

PARIS and GENEVA, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announced today a three-year research collaboration agreement for the research of new…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. , a global leader in musculoskeletal care, is featuring a new, comprehensive range of Trabecular Metal Material augment…

Preliminary data from DNA sequencing performed in cooperation with the University Hospital Muenster, Germany, on the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) strongly suggests that the bacterium at the root…

Last time I invited you to consider the following "game": Three "players" (Andy, Bob, and Charles) compete agains three "inter­roga­tors". Two things can happen: either all players are asked for the…

You know the James Randi Challenge right? James offers $1000000 to anyone that can demonstrate paranormal abilities under laboratory conditions. Well, today we have something big to announce: A very…