A new study in Nature Geoscience suggests that as global temperatures increase, microbes in soil become less efficient over time at converting carbon in soil into carbon dioxide, a key contributor to…

Scientists studying the DNA marker profiles between smokers and non-smokers have found several genetic variants that are associated with key smoking behaviors. In a new Nature Genetics paper, the…

Physicists at Ohio University and the University of Hamburg in Germany have captured  the first images of atomic spin in action.  The research indicates that scientists can observe and…

Researchers have discovered a new species of monitor lizard, a close relative of the Komodo dragon, on the Moluccan islands of east Indonesia. The lizard was discovered just last spring  and…

LONDON, April 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A drumhead signed by Ringo Starr and a stunning limited edition lithograph of the score of 'Yesterday' are amongst auction items available at Deafness Research…

It is springtime in Boston- a time when some of the greatest young (and old) innovators in science come together for 9 days of sciency goodness, a.k.a. the Cambridge Science Festival. This short…

CALGARY, Alberta, April 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SMART Technologies, the world's leading provider of interactive whiteboards, announces the acquisition of New Zealand-based NextWindow (Next Holdings…

Last Monday Stephen Hawking gave a lecture at the George Washington University for the 50th anniversary of NASA. There he discussed the chance of a contact between our civilization and an…

This made me laugh, albeit in mirthless recognition of how many human follies this could be applied to. From the inimitable xkcd. I don't know why, but it reminded me of politics in Thailand. Today I…

Just a couple of quick news stories: In keeping with the theme of 2010, that humans should be ashamed of themselves, Stephen Hawking, it seems, is generally pessimistic about man. In a recently…