A team of Indian and German scientists have started a 70-day ocean expedition to find out if pouring iron powder into ocean can trap greenhouse gas, CO2 from atmosphere and can keep it long enough under water to make a difference in global warming situation, according to a report by Times of India.
The scientists leaving […]

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A New Zealand Families Commission report has revealed that New Zealanders often prefer turning to family and friends for help in preference to seeking support from professional counsellors when it comes to their relationships.
The study, titled Reaching Out: Who New Zealanders turn to for relationship support, spoke to 50 New Zealanders at in-depth level and asked them who they spoke to when it came […]

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Japanese whaling ships are currently being targeted by environmental activists aboard the Steve Irwin ship in Antarctic waters. The Japan Whaling Association (JWA) say they fear for the lives aboard the whaling vessel.
The activists group is called Sea Shepherd, and they are being filmed by Animal Planet on board the Steve Irwin for a show […]

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The FBI investigation of the 2001 anthrax mailings may well be the most extensive criminal investigation in world history. According to FBI, this investigation has determined that the Mailer was U.S. Government scientist Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide this July. But the evidence FBI has adduced is so embarrassingly weak that skepticism runs rampant among […]

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I read an article this morning entitled Workplace Bullying: Psychological Violence? This was well written and informative. It gave a few examples of recent stories shared that involved bullying growing up and how victims were still being affected by this trauma.
One thing I want to point out is that bullies do not “grow up” as […]

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There has been a low-grade terrorist war in the US that gets little attention, and the shadowy group has attacked again. Several cars have been firebombed, and an animal rights group is behind the attacks.
Don’t expect much publicity about the attacks, because the attackers are so called animal rights protesters, a group beloved of the […]

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The Killer Eggplants are coming…they should arrive in 2009.
I’m joking, of course.
But Science Daily News reports that scientists have developed a newer genetically modified eggplant, which is now in the testing phase and so far it has tested safe and nutritious.
If it passes the test, the new variety would allow farmers to grown eggplant without […]

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Really? You Think?
You know, there are some days when you just try and understand why some do not see what is right in front of their faces. I know, I know….not everyone is going to instinctively get that bullying (Peer Abuse) is a serious problem and that maybe those who engage in these behaviors are […]

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(London, UK) One of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs Dame Stephanie Shirley recently paid her first visit to the London Borough of Redbridge, to address an event in Woodford Green Essex organised by the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation. Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley has campaigned tirelessly on autism. She is a well known philanthropist and has […]

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Autism campaigners from around the world congratulated President Elect Barack Obama for winning the race to the White House. This campaign was historic in many ways. It was the first time that Autism was mentioned specifically in a Presidential Debate and received a very high profile on the campaign trail. Barack Obama and John McCain […]

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In one of the weirdest science stories I’ve read in awhile, some scientists took an x ray using simple sticky tape (what in America is commonly called Scotch Tape).
Some kids are aware that if you unroll sticky tape in a dark room you sometimes see light emissions. But in the latest experiment in UCLA, scientists […]

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Last week the infamous “Ignoble Prize” went to scientists who studied how the crunch of potato chips improve their taste, investigated how income is related to the monthly cycles of lap dancers, and investigated how slime mold figures out how to solve Mazes.
But today’s actual genuine Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists […]

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Well, a little late on the blogging but as they say “better late than never.” I tend to write about the articles and events that grab me right off the bat and at first this one did not. But as I did something thinking, I realized the value of the article and the fact that […]

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While the rest of us go about our daily business, maybe worrying about our mortgages, the elections or perhaps even global warming, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will conduct a multi-billion experiment that critics say could create a black hole right here on earth that will destroy the world.  Unless an urgent appeal […]

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One of the environmental stories that has worried some of us for years is again in the news.
There is a new report that worries about the Bisphenol A, a chemical used to harden plastics including that found in water bottles and baby bottles, was found to cause brain changes in baby monkeys.
The study was […]

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“The dad vs. stepdad debate is no mere academic question, but instead an issue which has serious ramifications in family law. Advocates of sole or primary custody for mothers often insist that children do fine with ‘father-figures’ instead of their fathers.”
My new co-authored column, Media Misreports Study: Stepdads Better than Dads? Not so Fast […]

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The Center for American Progress just released a report indicating that not enough is being done to protect the public from fraud on the Internet. It’s also warning that the convenience, choices and lower prices enjoyed by Internet users are at risk because of this.
They report reveals that high levels of fraud and abuse may […]

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U.S. organizations lose about 7 percent of their revenues to fraud, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. When compared to the projected U.S. Gross Domestic Product for 2008 — 7 percent equates to $994 billion.
In their just released Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, the average case cost a business […]

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A recent study conducted at the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts reveals that cancer patients who write about their experiences may lessen their pain and agony.
Dr. M. Soledad Cepeda, who led the study, states that patients who spent twenty minutes per week writing about their physical and emotional experiences experienced a decrease in […]

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Here in the Philippines food poisoning is a common problem. We eat local veggies, and grow organic veggies that use a chicken manure based fertilizer.
So when we heard that the US was having a Salmonella outbreak from Tomatoes, my husband Lolo ordered our cook to wash the tomatoes well. No use taking a chance.
The outbreak […]

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A recent study commissioned by Liz Claiborne, Inc. and loveisrespect.org has uncovered a scary trend of abuse in teen relationships. According to study results, about 69% of teenagers have experienced some form of abuse in their relationships. A little more than one-third of teens said that they had been physically abused by a significant other.
The […]

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A memo went out to all students and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh on Wednesday urging all to limit their cell phone use to avoid increasing their risk of developing cancer.
Dr. Ronald H. Herberman, Director at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, says that a solid nexus between cell phone use and cancer is […]

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(Courtesy of ITpolicycompliance.com)
The IT Policy Compliance Group just released their annual report on the state of affairs of what they refer to as IT governance, risk and compliance (IT GRC).
The goal of the group is to promote the development of research and information to assist IT and Finance professionals meet their organization’s policy and regulatory […]

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By RB Scott 
In April Thomas Sowell, a respected conservative scholar, wrote an insidious column undercutting Barack Obama and attacking preemptively the presumptive stupidity and gullibility of an American electorate that would elect him President simply to make a little history. (http://www.townhall.com/col umnists/ThomasSowell/2008/0 4/29/an_old_newness )  
This would not be particularly noteworthy were Sowell not […]

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Farm raised talapia goes back 4500 plus years, since pictures of tilapia ponds have been found on Egyptian tombs; similar ponds were first noted in Chinese writings 3000 years ago. It’s an easy way for poor people to get protein in their diets, since tilapia eat algae and plankton and feed on grain.
Now, tilapia is […]

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BBC July 2, 2008 ” Nelson Mandela  taken off US Terror List”
It may not come as a shock for many readers that Nelson Mandela has been cleared from all allegations about his terrorism. The reason is easy to udnerstand. The media has portrayed him as a hero. It was George Bush who signed the paper […]

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The oil crises, Iraq and the world: Why all of us are blame worthy?
Nobody knows the reason why we are facing oil crises. Experts are digging in wrong place. Here is a humanitarian analysis.
When Bush and his bunch of greedy oil hunters planned a war against Iraq, they had one thing in mind, to provide […]

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On August 1, state employees in Utah will be transitioning from the typical five-day workweek and will begin working Monday through Thursday. The four-day workweek is a “yearlong experiment” that will attempt to reduce state energy costs and also cut commuter gas spending.
State workers will put in 10-hour days, Monday through Thursday, and will follow […]

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I have been reading that the Muslims are cursing the knight hood given to Salman Rushdie by Queen Elizabeth. There are ways to look at these honors   and reach a conclusion. It is also a parameter to judge the jury who choose Rushdie for this honor. Let us see some reasons why Rushdie deserved this honor.
From Muslims’ Perspective: The […]

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Every once in awhile we read about a breech in the security of biomedical laboratories.
Sometimes these are serious, such as when the Ebola like Marburg virus outbreak in German lab workers that killed seven people in 1967). But many barely make the front pages.
The latest outbreak from biomedical laboratories occurred at the esteemed CDC laboratory […]

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