VELDHOVEN, Netherlands and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., February 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will take delivery of a…

Getting More Bang Per Buck In The Steam Age Once the physics of steam engines began to be understood, engineers were able to focus their minds on how to get more power for the same fuel, or the same…

There are twenty-four elementary fermions in the standard model. Sure, they are arranged in a very tidy, symmetrical structure of three families of eight fermions (two leptons and six quarks), which…

Attending the AAAS symposia on "Facing the Uncertain Future of International Science Journalism" I was stunned by something:   I am the most hated guy in every room I walk into. Donald…

  QUESTIONS SCIENCECAN NEVER ANSWER   Ayad Gharbawi   February 20,2010 – Damascus, Syria     Thereare far too many aspects of ‘Reality’ that atheistic scientists/…

People want to see awesome stuff. That's the main idea behind this blog, and the interpretation of a recent report on people's decisions to share New York Times articles with friends (via Rycharde…

Whether you are new to blogs or a practised poster, Eureka’s Top 30 Science Blogs will not disappoint. After much heated debate, the Eureka team have picked 30 of their favourite science, environment…

What to look for in the next decade, as far as squid are concerned? Certainly new species will be discovered and described. Fisheries will probably spring up for species that have never been fished…

Yes, you can view a famous poster on this red brick wall until April 12. The Berlin Medical Historical Museum (Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité) started a new Fritz…

A Personal Belief Tester : Batteries Not Included We all have our personal beliefs; it's a part of being human.  Mostly, we can believe just about anything we want at a purely philosophical…