The Nation magazine is in a pickle.  It spends $1 million more than it makes and Chris Hayes, The Nation's Washington editor, was asked to send out an email to readers to bridge the gap.  …

Birds wouldn't be happy in a Trader Joe's, it seems.   Stuffed with aisles full of organically grown, gluten-free, range fed deliciousness, birds would see through expensive marketing and know…

It's been several months since Michael White invited me to blog here at Scientific Blogging.  I think the immediate occasion for his invitation was a conversation we had about Douglas Hofstadter…

MONTREAL, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SAND Technology Inc. , provider of leading column-based database software, today announced that Mike Pilcher will be its new Chief Operating Officer. Before…

Scum Causes Outrage In U.K. A recent case in a British Magistrates Court has caused outrage in more ways than one. Two 16-year-old boys from Darwen had performed an act of wanton vandalism and…

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Teva Santé, one of France's leading generic medicines companies, has welcomed news that the French Competition Authority has agreed to its…

AMSTERDAM, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics , a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today provides its non-audited business update in compliance with the EU…

SANTA CLARA, California and SHANGHAI, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriSilicon today announced support for WebM including the VP8 video decoder on its licensable ZSP Digital Signal Processor Cores…

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightcove, the leading online video platform, today announced plans to support WebM, an open Web media project and the open sourcing of the VP8 video…

LONDON, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's biggest recording artists is teaming up with one of the world's biggest names in poker. Grammy-winning DJ/Producer David Guetta is one of today…