Residents of Copenhagen, Denmark, are more likely than Houstonians to believe immigration threatens their country's culture. That's one of several findings in a new survey from Rice University's…

Unlike ales, lager beers differ little in flavor. But now, by creating new crosses among the relevant yeasts, Kevin Verstrepen, PhD, Stijn Mertens, and their collaborators have opened up new horizons…

Rose gardeners have a lot to say about aphids. Some may advise insecticides as a way to manage an infestation, but others will swear by live ladybugs (natural predators of aphids). The latter is more…

Recent media stories have reported on two new scientific studies involving BPA’s effects on birth weight.  One study reported a statistical association between prenatal exposure to BPA and…

How does knowing that neutrinos have mass, and change from one kind of particle to the other kind benefit all mankind?  Why should Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald get a Nobel Prize…

It's a lovely narrative. Modern medicine fails, but ancient Chinese medicine comes to the rescue!The only problem is that it is completely false. But you wouldn't know that from reading the news.…

Here are three experiments. I don't recommend that you try any of them, but, since we are adults, and presumably still have some free choice about our actions, do as you see fit.Experiment #1  …

Chocolate chip cookies are nearly universally adored. People like them in all sorts of textures, sizes and tastes. So how can you make your perfect cookie? Using science, of course. October 1 was…

Proponents of climate change tend to use more conservative, tentative language to report on the science behind it, while skeptics use more emotional and assertive language when reinterpreting…

The winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics are: Takaaki Kajita Kajita (Super Kamiokande) Arthur McDonald (Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - SNO) “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which…