Interesting reading and news items. These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account. Five things you should know about climate change It can be really difficult for anyone not well-versed in the debate to get any sense of the science at all,...

Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most dramatic short-lived violent events observed in the universe. They are often described as releasing a quantity of energy, in less than a minute, that is at least as much as a star like the Sun releases in its entire...

Interesting reading and news items. These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account. Narcolepsy research triggers myriad brain studies Research over the past decade has shown that narcolepsy is caused by the loss of a type of brain cell that...

Interesting reading and news items. These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account. Full Speed Ahead Physical forces acting in and around cells are fast—and making waves in the world of molecular biology. 24 Questions for Elementary...