The Lumpen Proletarian

Coral's addiction to 'junk food'

PhysOrg news: Coral's addiction to 'junk food'

Birth of an enzyme
PhysOrg news: Birth of an enzyme

Scientists reveal ants as fungus farmers

PhysOrg news: Scientists reveal ants as fungus farmers

Insects take a bigger bite out of plants in a higher CO2 world

PhysOrg news: Insects take a bigger bite out of plants in a higher CO2 world

Review: The Lives They Left Behind - From Forgotten Luggage, Stories of Mental Illness - New York Times

Hundreds of pieces of patients’ luggage left behind at Willard State Hospital included items that carry pathos and power in their very plainness.

Far Below the Surface of the World’s Oceans, a Tough Place for Foam Cups - New York Times

During a historic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean the pressure of the surrounding water crushed foam cups to the size of thimbles.

Global Warming - Climate Change - Nudge - New York Times

People are not good at making immediate sacrifices for an abstract benefit in the future, especially when they have a hard time understanding the problem.

Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why - New York Times
Virus? Bacteria? Environmental toxin? Scientists are racing to diagnose a syndrome that is threatening an entire species.

The ’80s Video That Pops Up, Online and Off - New York Times

A 20-year-old Rick Astley video has a new life as an Internet prank called “Rickrolling.”

With Economy Tied to Wall St., New York Braces for Job Cuts - New York Times

The finance industry was responsible for nearly a third of all wages earned in New York City in 2007, the highest in modern times.

Engineers Test Highly Accurate Face Recognition

UC Berkeley engineers are testing a new approach to face recognition that, they say, provides 90-95 percent accuracy even when part of the face is obscured.

Top 5 Reasons It Sucks to Be an Engineering Student | Wired Science from Wired.com

For many students, earning a degree in engineering is less than enjoyable and far from what they expected. Here are our biggest complaints about the educational rite of passage. Of

A warming world, overuse drain giant lake in a single generation

Lake Haramaya, once a huge stretch of water in Ethiopia, is now a vast, empty field. The forces converging against it and other African lakes read like a laundry list of environmental ills.

Slideshow : The Dark Side of Science : Science Channel
Delve into the dark side of science.

By Ben Rooney, CNNMoney.com staff writer - Mar. 24, 2008

Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use it to pay off debt.