Science and Technology

Of course I notice they don't have handicap elevators or ramps leading up to bell towers…

"If we assume that fatness causes feminism, then it reasonably follows that Rush Limbaugh and Jerry Falwell are feminists."

Uncovered today have been a powerful Ancient Egyptian queen and a tiny Sumatran swamp-dweller, the "world's smallest vertebrate".

The target of a 60 per cent cut in emissions, to produce "only" a two-degree rise in temperature, assumes a steady reduction.

From Kansas to Philadelphia to the Marshall Islands, via National Public Radio and a pop concert.

Park City anti-spam company prognosticates via the arcane magic of statistical analysis.

Similar to the age-old concept of making a mix tape for a buddy, these playlists give other online listeners who have paid the service provider fees the opportunity to listen to hours upon hours of music.

How long does it take to evaluate a website? As little as 50 milliseconds, or one-twentieth of a second, according to a new study by Canadian researchers published in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology. And not only is a judgment made about the appeal of a site with amazing …

Now that blogs are ubiquitous — the effort to keep track of their vast and ever-expanding numbers reminds me of when McDonald’s gave up trying to keep public count of their burger sales and just went with “billions and billions served” on their marquees — the competiton for eyeballs is …

... in which a question posed two years ago is suddenly and unexpectedly solved, with further revelations to follow.