Carl Zimmer might be one of the best science writers out there, and earlier this week he had an interesting piece in the New York Times called In a Marine Worm’s Eyes, the Theory of Evolution. A team of American … Continue reading →

Among the presentations at the just-concluded annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was one on the hibernation of Alaskan black bears. As reported by Brian Vastag of the Washington Post, “Five black bears snoozed … Continue reading →

From Geophysical Research Letters via Science News comes the word that corals off the coast of Japan are moving northward, perhaps in response to the warming of the ocean. The team, led by geographer Hiroya Yamano of the National Institute … Continue reading →

Our featured science story of the week is Turning garbage into gas (from The Economist). Appropriately tweaked, the destruction of organic materials (including paper and plastics) by plasma torches produces a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen called syngas. That, … Continue reading →

Jonathan Coulton, who we’ve mentioned before, is somewhat famous for his “Thing a Week” project, in which he recorded a new song every week for a year. A pretty strict schedule … and yet downright lax compared to that of … Continue reading →