Arthur Clarke's Childhood's End was my main pick for 1953 in our survey of post-apocalyptic sci-fi, but John Wyndham's Kraken Wakes is another great apocalypse novel from the same year. (It was…

DUBLIN, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has been awarded the Prix Galien UK Orphan Drug Medal for FIRAZYR (…

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodby, Silverstein Partners is pleased to announce the hiring of Anders Gustafsson, formerly of Crispin, Porter, Bogusky Europe, as Creative Director…

VAIL, Colorado, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Petroleum Company (IPC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Ofer Investments, Ltd. (Ofer). Ofer has agreed to…

One of the most cuddly early animals might have been a pack-hunting cannibal.    Those cute critters of the early Earth may have been roving packs of cannibals, according to new evidence on…

In dioecious species you have males and females, and males do not directly produce offspring. The increase of the population is constrained by the number of females in such lineages (male gametes are…

America is a 'melting pot', it used to be said - everyone adds their own stuff but it's part of the same dish.   In the 1970s, partly due to elitism and partly due to idealism, that began to…

Hi all, I'm giving an invited talk at the AGU this year and would looooove to hook up with other Science2.0-ers.  Anyone else going to be there, or in San Fran, Dec 13-17?  I'll be there on…

DUBAI, UAE, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, the UAE Minister of Environment, today inaugurated an environment friendly project - Emirates Energy Star, a…

DUBLIN, October 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, will announce third quarter 2010 earnings on Friday 29 October, 2010. Results press release…