According to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, parents who try to teach responsible drinking to their children by letting them drink at home may be setting their teens up…

Based on new radiocarbon dating evidence for the Late Aurignacian of Portugal, an archaeological culture unquestionably associated with modern humans,  an international team of researchers…

A new study in Biological Chemistry suggests that Vitamin D, readily available in supplements or cod liver oil, may counter the effects of Crohn's disease. Researchers from McGill University and the…

Along with drastic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, a team of climate scientists says internationally coordinated research and field-testing on geoengineering the planet's atmosphere need to…

Whether prayer is supernatural or not, the common religious practice may generally benefit the Nine out of 10 Americans who say they pray. In a recent study appearing in Psychological Science,…

Haiti Event Supersite Established The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has set up a website page bringing together a welter of geological facts about the recent earthquake in Haiti, together with…

Newsday.com : Paywall Ain't Working The internet is a very powerful tool for education and for research.  At a click of a mouse button I can escape my parochial world-view and embark on a…

Photosynthesizing sea slugs take 'you are what you eat' to an extreme: by eating photosynthesizing algae, these "solar-powered" sea slugs are able to live off photosynthesis for months. How does this…

Post Glacial Eustatic Sea Level Rise Was The Danube The Location Of The Noah's Ark Flood? asks a scientificblogging.com news item. Was it the location of Noah's flood?  Doubtful, but it was the…

An article at the Science Codex requests  "Less hyperbole, please: Sea level has been rising and falling for the last 2,500 years". The tone is set with the opening quote from an Israeli…