lol. Once a oil man always a oil man. T.B. Pickens pulls the plug on his windmill scheme now supporting drilling for natural gas and oil. With over a million supporters of his energy plan based on…

Medical doctors often like to characterize themselves as scientists, and many others in the public are happy to join them in this. I submit, however, that such a characterization is an error. It is…

BOSTON, July 8 -- - Mike Coffey Confirmed as RISI’s Chief Executive Officer RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that it has been…

\n REDMOND, Washington, July 8 -- \n - Tami Reller to lead Windows Marketing and Finance. \n Microsoft Corp. today promoted Steven Sinofsky to president of the Windows Division. Sinofsky, a 20-…

\n \n MINNEAPOLIS, July 8 -- \n - Ideal for 24/7 Video Surveillance and Other Mission-Critical Applications \n Multi-Tech Systems’ new 3G intelligent wireless router (http://www.multitech.com/…

The NY Times recently criticized cancer funding policies as being too risk-averse. The Director of the National Cancer Institute has responded, but his response helps prove the point that funding is…

Eggs are sexy. They can be safer to eat according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What was announced on 7 July 2009 is the final rule requiring specific preventive…

A gene called Chd1 has been identified in a Nature study as crucial for embryonic stem cell pluripotency - the ability to differentiate into any type of cell.  Chd1 seems to act by keeping the…

Photo Shoots that Should Never Be Done I'm sure I'm not the first to blog about this, but while I was out of the loop for a few days, someone made another hopeless attempt to make nerds look cool:…

I'm a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) fan, and all of you should be too. Most drugs, from pot to tylenol, act on G-protein Coupled Receptors. The pharmaceutical industry would be helpless without…