Science

Innovation Clusters Create Competitive Communities

Jonathan Sallet | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Jonathan Sallet

As nations around the world race to copy U.S. economic success, it is a startling fact that the United States has never devoted even a single penny to direct national support for regional innovation clusters

What Doctors Don't Know About Marshmallows And Happiness

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

How long would you last resisting the marshmallow? That is the question asked in the "kid torture" video, a recreation of the study done in the 1960s at Stanford analyzing behavior, willpower, and success.

Blind Woman Regains Sight After Doctors Implant Her Tooth In Her Eye (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Kay Thorton has been blind for almost nine years. She had a rare disease which essentially stopped her body from producing moisture, causing her corn...

Corot-7b: New Planet Discovered; Astronomers Say There's Solid Ground

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand – if only it weren't so b...

Major Clue Found In Understanding Antibiotic Resistance

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics....

Norman Borlaug Dead

AP | MATT CURRY and BETSY BLANEY | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green


DALLAS — Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped fe...

Paul Karason, Blue Man, Still Suffering Shocking Side Effect But Says Skin Is Lightening (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


58-year-old Paul Karason suffered a shocking side effect from the drug "colloidal silver," which he used to treat a skin condition: his skin turned bl...

Time-Lapse Videos Of Extreme Ice Loss Show Vivid Evidence Of Climate Change (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Photographer James Balog unveiled some amazing time-lapse videos of extreme ice loss during the recent TED conference. The images are from the Extrem...

James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss

TEDTalks | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


TEDTalks

Balog has been going up north to shoot the half-alive ice of the mammoth glaciers for his Extreme Ice Survey, a look at the shocking effects of abrupt climate change in Alaska, Greenland and Iceland.

Bird Eats Bat: Great Tits Hunt Bats For Heads (VIDEO)

New Scientist | Sanjida O'Connell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne legend. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats by pecking their heads open. ...

Is Time Travel Possible? A Look At The Science That Might Make Time Travel A Reality

Huffington Post | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home


The Today Show examines the possibility of time travel and scientific advancements that might make such travel a reality. NBC's Keith Miller Reports:...

Rage Against Science and Reason: Fear Continues as a Tool of Distraction

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics


J. Carl Ganter

Dr. Peter Gleick rolls up his sleeves in his latest post about science, fact and rationality.

Book Review: So You Want to Be a Scientist?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Dan Agin

There are too few good books about the positives and negatives of research careers in science. Philip A. Schwartzkroin, a neurosurgeon who specializes in epilepsy research, has written such a book.

Scientists Discover Fanged Frogs, Giant Rats In Papua New Guinea Crater

The Guardian | Robert Booth | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green


A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific isla...

HIV Researchers Find Antibodies That Prevent Virus From Causing Severe AIDS

The Los Angeles Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies t...

Doctors Believe They've Diagnosed Illness Of Boy Who Cries Tears Of Blood (VIDEO)

Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


We introduced you on Tuesday to Calvino Inman, a young teen who has an illness which causes him to cry tears of blood for up to 15 minutes at a time. ...

Electronic Contact Lenses Could Make Bionic Eyesight A Reality

SmartPlanet.com | Andrew Nusca | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living


A new generation of contact lenses built with tiny circuits and LEDs could make bionic eyesight a reality. Researchers at the University of Washing...

Humans Are All Mutants

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology....

How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save the World

Levi Novey | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an over-sized effect on our human world.

The World Is Moving Forward Without Us

Dr. Seth Berkley | Posted 10.18.2009 | World


Dr. Seth Berkley

Advance Market Commitment (AMC) is a new market-based financing mechanism that accelerates the delivery of life-saving vaccines for children worldwide.

Experts Looking Into Possibility Of Cloning Animals That Have Been Extinct For Thousands Of Years (VIDEO)

Posted 10.18.2009 | Home


The "Today Show" has an interesting report on how the science for cloning long-dead animals, including dinosaurs and woolly mammoths, has taken large ...

Boy Cries Blood VIDEO: Calvino Inman's Illness Baffles Doctors

Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


In an illness straight out of a science fiction story, Calvino Inman cries blood up to three times a day. His doctors as of yet cannot figure out why...

The Complement Between Islam and Science

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Every Ramadan, Sheikh Mohammed gathers intellectuals from across the Arab world to personally listen to their success stories and to benefit from their wisdom.

This Week in Animals: Bat Love Songs, Celebrity Pets, Lobster Power And More!

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green


HuffPost Green posted some informative animal stories this week, which we hope that you enjoyed. Flip through our slideshow for a refresher and don't ...

Hans Rosling: Let My Dataset Change Your Mindset

TEDTalks | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media


TEDTalks

Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world this summer at the U.S. State Department.