The 12th edition of Berry Go Round, the botanical blog carnival, is now online at Foothills Fancies.  Lots of good reading to be had.

CLEVELAND, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Recycled Paper Greetings, Inc. American Greetings has agreed…

I have received this request from a friend roughly 5,000 miles away: My maternal cousin has to prepare a write up for her school.  She needs to write something on 'fun physics'. Alas, I am…

HATBORO, Pennsylvania and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sports Network (TSN) and Contec Innovations (TSX.V: BUZ.V) jointly announced today the upcoming availability of…

LONDON, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- - Stubbing Out Your 5 a Day Habit Could Help You Give Your Child GBP15,500 on Their 18th Birthday Leading Child Trust Fund provider, The Children's Mutual (http…

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, December 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology company IAI in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, a subsidiary of the stock listed company DOCDATA N.V. in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, will…

There's a discussion going on over at Wikipedia regarding the naming convention for articles about plants.  In general, article titles are supposed to be the "most common" name for the thing in…

Researchers in Great Britain and the United States have imaged the first high definition imprints that dolphin sounds make in water.   They consider it a real breakthrough in deciphering dolphin…

Religious people have more self-control than non-religious counterparts, says a study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough and he says this is why religious people may be…

Lockheed Martin rolled out a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter, called F-35AF-1, which joins three weight-optimized F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing…