Online Social Network Users Continue to Grow

Online Social Network Users Continue to Grow

NEW YORK, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- - 11 million people in the UK visited social network sites in 2007 Facebook continues to trail MySpace in the US, but the online social networking site has…
Personal security in the palm of your hand

Personal security in the palm of your hand

Typically the palm of your hand doesn’t excite much interest, unless you’re a chirologist – those who divine the future through palm-reading.    Luckily for palmophiliacs, there’s a new…
Creationists push for critical thinking (no joke)

Creationists push for critical thinking (no joke)

Creationists and intelligent design proponents have scored an important victory in Louisiana this week, at least for now. In its appalling lack of wisdom, that State’s legislature overwhelmingly…
Cascal N.V. Announces 20-F Filing

Cascal N.V. Announces 20-F Filing

LONDON, June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Cascal N.V. (NYSE: HOO) ("the Company"), a leading provider of water services in seven countries, today announced that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F,…
Tangled Bank #108.

Tangled Bank #108.

The current edition of Tangled Bank, the blog carnival about evolution, is now up at Wheat-dogg's World. It includes a mention of Jill Smith's bat genome talk at Evolution 2008. I bet she didn't…
Let's Talk About SEX4

Let's Talk About SEX4

Energy from the sun and carbon dioxide fuel photosynthesis in plants and algae, making life on earth possible. Carbon that is fixed by plants is converted to starch and sucrose, which are utilized by…