Bummer! A shipment of Uruguayan squid (probably Illex argeninus, the same species of Falkland Islands' fame) has been blocked by the EU due to high cadmium content. Cadmium, like other heavy metals,…

...the first hard evidence of the long-rumored Chengdu J-20, China’s first stealth-fighter prototype….. Fantastical Photoshop art is a hallmark of Chinese military-themed websites….. “Rumor has it…

I was a soldering fiend.  Rosin and tin melted under the heat of my mighty, err, tip.  Yes, I finally got the chance to start soldering some of the Calliope boards-- plus fix the broken…

Ancient rock art in Western Australia has maintained its colors because it is alive, researchers have determined.   Obviously most art fades in a few hundred years but the "Bradshaw art" has…

Broken glass isn't some hysterical metaphor by zealots who hate business, a PNAS study found that microscopic particles of dust emitted into the atmosphere when dirt breaks apart follow similar…

SAN FRANCISCO, December 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Babylon.com, a world's leading provider of language solutions, announces that it has been chosen by Google as one of its six worldwide official…

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands and SASSENHEIM, Netherlands, December 28, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and supply chain optimization…

It all started back in the olden-days of mid-2007 with GalaxyZoo: the ultimate in online, interactive citizen science where anyone with eyes, an Internet connection, patience, and an appreciation for…

Squid are usually caught by means of a normal fishing line and a special hook-and-lure combination called a jig. Jigs are weighted, glow in the dark, and have several circles of upturned hooks on…

Wrestlers are taught to ignore an opponent's eyes and instead watch his waist - nothing much is happening that his waist won't be involved in whereas eyes can be misleading.    That means…