UK Ban On Explosives Detector Exports The ADE 651 is a lump of plastic with a wobbly telescopic antenna attached.  It is claimed by its manufacturers to be able to detect many things and…

Science : It's More Than Just Words Science, like law and many another discipline is widely noted for its jargon.  I love jargon because I love language.  I love language because I was…

Based on a survey of UK science journalists and 52 in-depth interviews with specialist reporters and senior editors in the national news media, researchers from the Cardiff School of Journalism,…

Malnutrition higher in children born to child brides - Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers,…

As expected, this last round of information that corrected an error regarding the demise of the Himalayan Glaciers is now being touted as the latest evidence of the lies surrounding global warming.…

At the start of every work day, I browse a short list of online resources to get a fresh sample of the happenings and themes active around my universe (meaning my particular, teeny-tiny subset of the…

I'm up in Ann Arbor, doing a little mathematical modeling of gene regulation here at the U. of Michigan. On my way to find some Chinese food, I stumbled upon an amazing book store called Dawn Treader…

Recently, I came across an article in “The Times”, “Why non-scientists are a pain in the arts” by Ben Miller, presumably the physicist turned comedian, going back to his science…

Jeffrey Shallit takes down creationist nonsense about information theory in Stephen Meyer's latest creationist offering, Signature in the Cell: In Signature in the Cell, Meyer talks about three…

And why they make a lot of money, according to The Economist: Although you might expect people who seek out obscure products to derive more pleasure from their discoveries than those who simply…