The latest news from the European Research Council is that they have a budget of a massive €7.5 billion until 2013 in which picked by marksway 3 years ago

Periodic table of the elements, math equations; it's all here. picked by imagica 2 years ago

Here is a great video series about the serious mistakes that creationists make when trying to characterize evolution, or science in general. Links to the rest of the series are in the first two comments. picked by Hypersapien 11 months ago

Is Robert Heinlein's "Freehold" the most controversial? Or consider "Brave New World", "The Fountainhead", "The Left Hand of Darkness", "Dhalgren", Heinlein’s own "Stranger in a Strange Land". What say you? picked by suebe 3 years ago

A German minister for culture has provoked outrage among politicians and some religious figures for suggesting theological questions about the origin of the world should be included in school biology lessons. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

If you think your girlfriend is high maintenance now, just wait until the FT "Female Type" robot hits the market picked by ordinarychick 2 years ago

Nonsensical but Humorous:
* Because I’m too stupid and/or lazy to open a f**king book or turn on the Discovery Science Channel.

* Because my mother didn’t know not to drink while she was pregnant. She also didn’t know not to repeatedly throw herself down a flight of stairs in an attempt to undo the accident of screwing someone who voted for Bush both times. picked by tgkprog 9 months ago

Scientists have split the atom, put men on the moon and discovered the DNA of which we are made, but there are 10 key mysteries of human behaviour which they have failed to fully explain. vv LOOK DOWN vv Seriously, this is a 100% [u] dupe [/u] of the link about 5 posts below. -sk Look at the links... One links to NewScientist.com, one links to Telegraph.co.uk. Similar subject matter does... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Not surprisingly, one driver braking poorly screws traffic for miles. A new braking monitor might help. It also might help if people learned how to drive. picked by napdynmite 2 years ago

It's a guide to how a bit of neuroscience can teach you to lie convincingly and why the "spot a liar" rubbish you see on cop shows like "lie to me" doesn't really work outside of the scriptwriters room. picked by bingo 8 months ago

A batch of photographs from two recent trips to one of my favorite museums in the world, the venerable Boerhaave of Leiden, NL. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

String theory contest winners announced picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

About 15,000 new species are still discovered every year, from psychedelic fish to pink millipedes, and from lungless frogs to the Dracula fish. Take our tour of some of the strangest species to be discovered in recent years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

Richard Dawkins delivers his brilliant 1996 Richard Dimbleby Lecture
(part 1 of 4) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

The Sci-Fi Channel has become more of a joke than it was. With new additions to the network such as professional wrestling it isn't even close to what it could have been. The Crotchety Old Fan has created his own network with legal links to a variety of shows as well as news and a blog. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Think of the tangy smell of the sea, so evocative of summer holidays, the scream of seagulls and sand between your toes. Where does it come from? Ozone? Fresh sea air? Actually, the truth is slightly less tantalising: it's a gas released by bacteria. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

At this point, everyone knows that Asimov coined the term robotics in his 1941 story Liar!. But did you know zero-g, virus, and pressure suit were also terms that came from Sci-Fi? picked by psycmoe 8 months ago

If you don't worship Star Trek, then you must worship the Force. But maybe you're a vampire adept, or a member of the Batman congregation? Fans' faith in their franchises gets as intense and bloody as zealots' faith in religion. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago