Galaxy Zoo Mergers Wants You!

Galaxy Zoo Mergers Wants You!

EMBARGOED until: 24 November 2009 00:01 GMT ‘COSMIC SLOT MACHINE’ MATCHES GALAXY COLLISIONS A new website will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a ‘cosmic slot machine’ and…
Smoking Ban - Children Unaffected

Smoking Ban - Children Unaffected

An article entitled "Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences" points to a new study indicating that children's exposure to second hand smoke is unaffected by the smoking ban in Wales. We…
Childbirth Slows Progression Of MS - Statement

Childbirth Slows Progression Of MS - Statement

LONDON, November 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry paper concerning the study investigating the effects of childbirth in MS, the MS Society has…
First Proton-Proton Collisions In CMS!

First Proton-Proton Collisions In CMS!

My blog is not a place for hot-off-the-press news - in it you are more likely to find discussions on material well digested and thought over. Nevertheless, I do not have the guts to sit on today's…
Census of Marine Life Biased Towards Cephalopods?

Census of Marine Life Biased Towards Cephalopods?

Speaking of cirrate octopods (as I have been recently), BBC News In Pictures: Monsters of the deep is strongly dominated by a cirrate octopus! Yay! Three of the eight photos feature Grimpoteuthis:…
The Jacuzzification Of Evolution

The Jacuzzification Of Evolution

“Come on into the hot tub,” I told my three year old boy. But he wouldn’t budge. No way was he joining his older sister in there. “It’s warm, and it feels nice!” I urged, “There’s nothing to be…
Five Tips For Particle Physics Ph. D. Wannabes

Five Tips For Particle Physics Ph. D. Wannabes

Being a graduate student in particle physics is a tough, stressful job. I know it because I once was one, and I still remember the burden of giving exams, carrying on single-handedly a difficult…