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The Zen Master of Statistics
You may not know this, but there is a celebrity data geek who isn’t named Nate Silver. This other famous statistician is a rock star read more…
Complex Biochemistry Possible at Origins of Life on Earth
A new study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under conditions similar to those of the early read more…
Viruses in the gut protect from infection
Phages in mucus aid immune system by killing invading bacteria.
USDA to Invest in Growing Organic Food Segment
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the agency would begin focusing more attention on the growth of the organic industry, reports Food Safety News.
Jupter Venus and Mercury
An interesting stellar conjunction is about to happen, starting from 20th of may until the 27th of May 2013. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury will be read more…
Smart Spending: L’Oreal Improves Bottom Line on Beauty
YesterdayLori Steele, General Manager, IBM Global Business Process ServicesBy Lori Steele This week, C-suite attendees representing all aspects of technology-fueled commerce will be convening at read more…
Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity
YesterdayParasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies’ blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into read more…
Messier Monday: A Hyper-Smooth Globular Cluster, M5
“The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.” -Galileo Galilei Welcome back to another Messier Monday here on Starts With read more…
Europa Report Dramatizes Human Mission To Jupiter's Moon | Video Trail…
YesterdayHidden oceans underneath the icy moon’s surface attracts a privately funded manned mission to Europa. Technical failures lead to death and loss of communication. But read more…
The Fish We Need to Feed 9 Billion People
By Andreas Merkl, President, Ocean Conservancy Smart fisheries management is a great place to start a conversation about putting the ocean at the center of read more…
See Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in Tightest Night Sky Cluster until 202…
[caption id="attachment_12513" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Credit: StarDate"] [/caption]Cicadas aren’t the only scientific rarity expected this month. At the end of May three planets will be visible read more…
Weight loss: GI Dynamics' U.S. clinical trial taxes its coffers
YesterdayWeight-loss devices maker GI Dynamics tells investors today that the company may seek new funding as it works to support clinical trials in pursuit of read more…
10,000 hours may gain you little if you have no talent
A few years ago Malcolm Gladwell made the “10,000 hour rule” famous in his book Outliers. In practice (e.g., discussions with people day to day read more…
Astronomers Detect Dust Feature in Comet ISON’s Inner Coma
In April, when the Hubble Space Telescope looked out towards Jupiter’s orbit and observed what has been billed as the “Comet of the Century” – read more…
A Day in the Lush Mobile Delta
By Mark J. Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation One recent Monday, I got to spend the day doing something outside, not in a conference room, read more…
X Prize Eyes New Contests for Spaceflight Innovation
X Prize officials aren’t revealing any details yet, though.
High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes
YesterdayThe Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone read more…
Supreme Court to rule on First Amendment case of prayers in town meeti…
YesterdayThe New York Times reports that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to rule on a case in which a town (Greece, New York) mandated read more…
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