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Here is a press release that will be distributed shortly: NCSE TACKLES CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL A new initiative in the struggle for quality science education OAKLAND, CA January 16, 2012 Science education is under attack--again. This time it's under attack by climate change deniers...

Obviously this doesn't apply to all Christians. I am sick and tired of hearing ignorant Christians denounce science when they know nothing of basic chemistry and biology. Theories aren't "fact", and science doesn't try to "prove" ANYTHING. For the record, there's less evidence for the theory...

Frank Herbert's Dune must be the king of fantasy SF, if there is such a thing. It doesn't really have aliens, but it feels like sf and fantasy. Ursula K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness has a fully realised alien world, Winter. It's the efforts a lone envoy to admit this planet to an the...

When you shrink wires down to nanometers in diameter, their resistivity normally grows exponentially—a trade-off which many have predicted will be Moore's Law's undoing soon. But a new, single-atom thick wire could change that. More »

Researchers have been taking inspiration from X-Men: they've developed a way to create printed circuits that can heal themselves using liquid metal. The best bit is that, unlike X-Men, this is real. More »

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The saying "you are what you eat" applies to bees too. The type of nectar they consume to create honey has a lasting chemical effect on the resulting sweet stuff. And, if the bees employ nectar from the toxic Rhododendron flower, guess what? You get toxic, "Mad Honey." More »

My science fair project is on the topic of stain removal, cliche, I know. Anyways, I need to have 3 paragraphs for the introduction. So how should I start it off? And what should go in the second and third paragraphs? Thanks!

fiction film what would it be? What would it be used for? Just think of anything from the top of your head.

I'm enjoying James Lawrence Powell's book "The Inquisition of Climate Science" Powell's book specifically addresses the clilmate change denialist movement and the global warming deniers themselves, and does so severely. He documents and discusses who is paying for climate change denialism...

I have to do a poster board for my science class. Any ideas or an interesting science topic?

These are books that I've reviewed here, and would like to recommend that you seriously consider picking up if you are looking for a cool present for someone and you think they should read more science. I'm including a couple of bird books in this list, but I also recently wrote up a...

Four students in one of our local junior high schools were involved in an uncontrolled fire and/or explosion a few hours ago. It was in a physical science class. One of the students was burned severely and is in the Hennepin County Hospital burn unit. His injuries are not life threatening by...

We'd all love to be able to predict earthquakes ahead of time — just think of the lives that could be saved. But toads can spot subtle changes in water chemistry before quakes way better than any scientist. More »

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated... 1) Presidents use this technique instead of a treaty? a) Executive orders b) Executive agreements c) Signing statements d) Proclamations 2) Presidents use this power instead of the veto power? a) Executive orders b) Executive...

Every year Richard Wiseman puts together a compilation video of simple, but impressive, science tricks. So if things have gotten a little tense, or a little boring, at dinner today, here's ten surefire ways to liven things up. More »

It's never fun feeling ill, especially if you don't know what's up with you. But soon you might just have to spit on the screen of your phone to get an instant diagnosis. More »

As NASA prepares to launch the Curiosity rover to explore Mars at the end of the month, a small fleet of Wave Gliders, autonomous sea-faring vehicles, have set sail on an equally audacious journey—swimming unassisted across of the Pacific Ocean. More »

I really need help doing an essay. I don't know what my interest in science are and how to explain it. Can you try to help me? The essay isn't long it's about 240 words. Thanks so much!!