A large scrap item has fallen from astronomy's cutting table! Although, it is not something essential for our understanding of all that is within spacetime's fabric, nor is it critical to any…

Homosexual behavior is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins. Researchers from Queen Mary's School of Biological…

In February this year there appeared in Physics World an article entitled Constant Failure by Robert P Crease of Stony Brook University, in which he showed in how many formulae of physics and…

It might be hard for the young student to see the fun in math. Up till now it has been memorize, memorize, memorize for them. This can give them a break and tease their minds. Numbers that look…

How do we get kids excited about math? In this age of high tech video games why would a kid want to be excited about math they have to do in their mind or with pencil and paper? Maybe I am just too…

Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are about to embark on a human trial to test whether a new cancer treatment will be as effective at eradicating cancer in humans as it has…

The modern Olympic ideals differ dramatically from the way the games were actually played in ancient Greece, says a University of Maryland classicist who has heavily researched the Olympic past. The…

The safeguards against unwanted pollination by genetically modified crops may already be built into plants, according to new research. Plants are very selective when it comes to choosing mates.…

Predicting climate change depends on many factors not properly included in current forecasting models, such as how the major polar ice caps will move in the event of melting around their edges. This…

Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London, say they are on the way to making true on-demand video games a reality. The research is part of an EU funded project, Games@Large, which aims to…