It feels good, for a die-hard sceptic like I am, to live and let unexplained phenomena die. The phenomena in question are measured deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model (SM), our…

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Company Also Updates Findings Related to Australian Sponsored Publication Practices From 2000-2005 Elsevier, a leading international publisher of…

It's a laughing matter - apes make "weird" sounds when they are tickled, and these "tickle-induced vocalizations" are akin to human laughter, according to a study discussed on NPR. "The results…

Teasing out the effects of natural selection on our genomes from the effects of other evolutionary processes is hard. A group at the University of Washington, using comparisons with the genomes of 5…

Fraud Takes A Lot Of Brass There have been many daring and dastardly deeds of deception throughout history.  The daring deeds of the French Maquis and Britain's SOE in the second world war are…

The encouragement (or requirement) of diversity sometimes gets labeled reverse racism, under the assumption that encourgaing diversity is only about somehow making up for past injustices by…

CHICAGO, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Vision Solution is the 'Most Innovative Value Added Service (VAS) Platform' Contender Novarra today announces that GSMA has nominated its Vision(TM) Widgets Mobile…

PARIS, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Generali France, France's second largest general insurance company, has selected CA's (NASDAQ: CA) Clarity(TM) Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) as its single…

LONDON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - New 'Panel-Centric Hybrid' Approach Enables Unified Reporting Across Entire Internet Universe, Including Internet Cafes and Mobile WiFi Browsing Strong industry…

In the last few columns, I described how laboratory simulations of a volcanic prebiotic environment showed that interesting organic reactions can be driven by the heat and pressure associated with…