WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania and LEUVEN, Belgium, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthes, Inc. , a leading global medical device company in orthopaedic trauma, spine, and cranio-maxillofacial (CMF),…

University of Utah scientists have used invisible infrared light to make rat heart cells contract.  Sounds interesting but not revolutionary, right?   But they also used infrared light to…

Imagine, if you will, a Borg cube from Star Trek humming along through space, part of a fleet of such cubes, each with millions of drones participating in a spatially non-localized brain of billions…

President Obama is often portrayed as an "anti-war" candidate, now and during the 2008 election.  He is clearly no such thing, as his willingness to take unilateral action against the leader of…

I just stumbled across a list of favorite ocean flicks, posted at The Film Pilgrim. The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo make a necessary appearance, as do epic disaster shows like Titanic and The…

What's the environmental equivalent of those emails that ask you to stick it to oil companies by not buying gas on a Tuesday?   Earth Hour.  Started in 2007 as sort of a well-meaning…

Methodological Stuff: 1. Introduction 2: Patterns3: Patterns, Objectivity and Truth4: Patterns and Processes The Pattern Library: 1.       A pattern of Difference After…

TORONTO, March 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") , a leading global provider of specialized broadband wireless solutions, announced today that it has signed a…

Spend anytime in the online autism community, and you'll find a rich cast of characters offering a diverse perspective on what it means to be autistic. From clinically diagnosed autistics in early…

. . . don't exist. But because it's finger squid season in Texas, I've been reading up on the closest approximation to a freshwater squid: the Atlantic brief squid, Lolliguncula brevis. It's a pretty…