Glacier Sticks Out Tongue - Scientists Say Aaaah!

Glacier Sticks Out Tongue - Scientists Say Aaaah!

Glacier Sticks Out Tongue - Scientists Say Aaaah! Ice tongues are a fascinating area of study.They have much to teach us about the life cycles of glaciers. Many, many years ago, a glacier stuck out…
CDF On Higgs Decays To Diphotons

CDF On Higgs Decays To Diphotons

The CDF collaboration has recently released new results from a search for what is probably the clearest signature of Higgs boson decay: pairs of high-mass photon candidates. I am very glad to see…
What to blog about?...

What to blog about?...

New Scientist tells us that some of my former IBM Research colleagues have been busy looking at ways to give bloggers inspiration: Want to get more people to read your blog? A software tool that…
Born to Believe – Review and Response

Born to Believe – Review and Response

A New Scientist article, Born believers: how your brain creates God, takes us through some recent research with children that suggests belief in supernatural beings is somehow hard-wired into the…
Let's Start Using Our (Si) Brains

Let's Start Using Our (Si) Brains

Let's Start Using Our (Si) Brains scientists have sequenced the human genome -- the blueprint for all of the proteins in biology -- but how can we understand what these proteins do and how they work…
Global environmental changes and carbon trading

Global environmental changes and carbon trading

Globally environmental changes are happening very fast. Drying up of Aral sea and Sambher lake is one example. Drying up water bodies are another concern globally. Although 3 fourth of the earth is…