It's hard to make a good cartoon cephalopod, I guess. Yesterday I was disappointed about the Squidbillies. Tomorrow I may despair of Spongebob's pal Squidward. Today, I sigh over Nemo's little…

The concept of altruism, a selfless concern for the welfare of others, a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious traditions,  has long been debated in…

Since January 2008, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index surveys 1,000 Americans every day. LIVESCIENCE published today a list in The Well-Being of 50 U.S. States from a study of…

There have been many discussions relating to transhumanism and augmenting intelligence as well as just intelligence itself.  However, at the heart of many of these discussions the subject of…

Bioprocess engineering The large scale plant cell and tissue cultures have been considered as an alternative source of biochemicals over the last 40 years. Routien and Nickel received the first…

Metabolism in Plant tissue cultures and its industrial applications in the era of genetic manipulations. Humans have been manipulating the genetic makeup of agricultural plants (and animals) for…

Predicted growth in world population is posing a serious challenge to crop production and food security, particularly in developing countries. The augmentation of conventional breeding with the…

LONDON, November 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Pingar, the New Zealand software company that has developed the next generation 'intelligent' search solution, will today announce at a private reception in the…

Biodegradation of phenol by oxygenase producing thermophilic microorganisms Neetika Mathur1*, Vinod Kumar Nigam2, Ashwani Kumar1 and Purnendu ghosh2 1 Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan,…

A little known fact about quantum mechanics is that it disproves God's omniscience. Now, we all know that a watched pot never boils. What does this have to do with God's omniscience? Well, did you…