Quark Soup by David Appell

AGW  Skepticism is having to dig deep. Sure, this year might well see record high global temperatures, but that doesn't mean anything,...

I have had a rough year so far medically speaking -- first the spinal compression emergency in February, and then earlier this month I had ...

An 8-month old deaf child hears for the first time: via: The Portland Mercury

Here is another of those creepy new robot videos, from USC -- Wimp.com has a narrated version .

In a "sport" devoted to nothing but the systematic and unfair slaughter of beautiful creatures, it doesn't bother me in the le...

Here's an interesting site I just learned about: a measure of Arctic sea ice volume over time. Of course, the true measure of a war...

Venter's press conference Webcast is here : Venter is talking about using synthetic genomics to possibly create next year's flu vac...

Science magazine just lifted their embargo (a day early) on a remarkable story: the first creation of truly artificial life. Daniel Gibso...

Maybe you recall the 2006 Tour de France where Floyd Landis, after cracking on the Alpe de Huez, made an incredible solo breakaway on Stage ...

It's not just that globally average temperatures are currently high -- it's that they're very high. Even strangely high. Look a...

NASA GISS recorded April 2010 as yet another record-breaking month -- the warmest April in their records (which go back to 1880). Not onl...

Stephen Hawking's comment that we should fear extraterrestial aliens has gotten a lot of attention in the last few days. [First asid...

If you are into point-scoring.... 2010's Arctic sea ice extent is now below both 2008's and 2009's. . . .

DespairWare :

Coming next week : QuarkSoupRadio.com -- interviews (mostly audio, occasionally video) with (mostly) climate scientists on (mostly) current...

The Energy Information Agency just reported that U.S. 2009 carbon dioxide emissions were down 7.0% compared to 2008 -- that's a drop of...

According to satellite  data  from the Japanese, Arctic sea ice extent is right now lower than at this same date on 2009. How will science...

By far the largest number of Google searches that end up here come from a single shark attack picture I once posted . So, here's anothe ...

Remote Sensing Systems says April 2010 was the second warmest April in their records, +0.546°C above their baseline. That's second only...