New research from Indiana University and Yale suggests that college-age men confuse friendly non-verbal cues with cues for sexual interest because the men have a less discerning eye than women -- but…

Proress against Prions: This is a title of an article I read recently in Scientific America. In this article Giovanna R. Mallucci at the Institute of Neurology in London performed an experiment in…

Using data from the Hinode and RHESSI solar observatories, astronomers have discovered that solar flares - explosions in the atmosphere of the sun - get much hotter when they stay "focused." Dr Ryan…

  Well I know that not everyone's computer can do Youtube (especially if it is older or uses a less common OS). So Here I write the gist of what I said. World Autism Awareness day was April 2nd…

I got some questions from a writer named Captain Carrot who deduced that, because I write this column for peanuts, I must also be available for free science consultation and/or general life and…

Amit Kagian, an M.Sc. graduate from the TAU School of Computer Sciences, has successfully “taught” a computer how to interpret attractiveness in women. The notion that beauty can be boiled down to…

Selenium is a trace element used in proteins, in the form of the twenty-first naturally occurring amino acid (selenocysteine). Selenium supplementation, for example in mineral tablets, might not be…

Unless a researcher owns stock in a company whose drug is being tested, telling potential research volunteers about an investigator’s financial interests is unlikely to affect their willingness to…

If we're going to make fun of people who think the earth is 6000 years old or that cavemen frolicked with dinosaurs we should also make fun of berserk "environmentalists" who say blatantly stupid…

VANCOUVER, Canada, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- - Small-cap Conference Provides Trans-Orient the Opportunity to Bring Greater Awareness to the Company's Waipawa-Whangai Fractured Oil-Shale Play…