Continuing with our series on boycotting the Olympics... Have you seen the male gymnasts? Some will be disappointed that they wear boxer shorts, but that is not what I wanted to talk about. Watching them (do very badly, by the wa...

for the children Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols addresses this question. The question itself was recently raised when Mark Shuttleworth (Mr. Ubuntu) discussed the possibility in a recent talk. We can assume that Shuttleworth is being optimistic and pro-Li...

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a $15.5m (£9.7m) out-of-court settlement in a case accusing it of complicity in human rights abuses in Nigeria.

Subtitled "The truth about the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity," this might be a book you should read. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

We brought Huxley in for his first doctor visit yesterday. Everything was fine. But since we were going to a clinic with an urgent care unit, I expected to see a lot of people with the flu in the waiting room. There is always a lot of messing around...

Scienceblogs.com (of Seed Media Group) has entered into a partership with National Geographic. Here is what this means: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

... or ... Republicans Attack Franken for Opposing Rape No, no ... maybe this .. Thirty Senate Republicans Prefer Rape over Justice Or perhaps ... Al Franken Does Right Thing: Republicans Get Mad Oh, forget it. I'll never...

Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann wins a major award, and we Minnesotans are all so freakin' proud of her! Watch: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...