Topic: Sciences

Is it the Winter Carnival or the State Fair today...brrrr

You would have thought it was the darn winter carnival at the state fair on Friday with temperatures hovering in the fifties for most of the day....

Green car tax makes tax experts see red

This week's introduction of a carbon tax on vehicle emissions at point of purchase of cars continues to rankle, with experts saying the tax in its...

Two new stem cell centers set to open

Despite last month's federal court ruling that bars federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, California is on the forefront of a promising...

Volcano erupts again in Indonesia

A volcano on Indonesia's western-most island of Sumatra has unleashed its most violent eruption so far after laying dormant for 400 years.. . Mount...

Heart health linked to Brain function

Overseas research has found a strong link between brain function and heart health.. . Local experts support the finding which could be used to help...
Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer for most people, though fall doesn't actually start until Sept. 22. Ever-earlier sunsets and crisper...

Is the grand design within our grasp?

Nova / PBS. . This is a two-dimensional artistic visualization of a six-dimensional Calabi-Yau shape — an intricately folded knot of space. Such...

Field trips for Labor Day weekend

I'm taking Monday off to mark Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer and ... um, just to mark an extra day off. Regular postings will resume on...

Science explains Carlos' banana kick

By Samuel Petrequin. . PARIS — Thirteen years after Roberto Carlos stunned onlookers with his amazing “banana” free kick that seemed to defy the...
Researchers at Cambridge University have recently published a paper on their new type of WORM (write once read many) memory which is even more low...