Michael Shermer on Stein and “Expelled”

Michael Shermer on Stein and “Expelled”

Skeptic Society’s mastermind and author Michael Shermer is about to release a review of the latest nonsense entry in the evolution-creation wars: Ben Stein’s movie entitled “Expelled: No Intelligence…
Bad Mother?  It May Be Part Biology

Bad Mother? It May Be Part Biology

In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain of mice that exhibit unusually high…
Scientists Create First 'Superinsulator'

Scientists Create First 'Superinsulator'

Everyone has heard of superconductors but a superinsulator is a newly-discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with several…
Tree of Life Art

Tree of Life Art

As someone who studies the "Tree of Life" in terms of evolution (the tree of life is an evolutionary tree relating all life forms) and who even named his blog after this, I am fascinated by different…
Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell ‘Suicide’

Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell ‘Suicide’

Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so – that a group…