Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, study shows

A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.

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Photoreceptor transplant restores vision in mice

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Boundary between electronics and biology is blurring: First proof of ferroelectricity in simplest amino acid

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Atomic blockade: Technique efficiently creates single photons for quantum information processing

ScienceDaily (Apr. 19, 2012) — Using lasers to excite just one atom from a cloud of ultra-cold rubidium gas, physicists have developed a new way to rapidly and efficiently create single photons for potential use in optical quantum information processing -- and in the  …

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Strange cousins: Molecular alternatives to DNA, RNA offer new insight into life’s origins

ScienceDaily (Apr. 19, 2012) — Living systems owe their existence to a pair of information-carrying molecules: DNA and RNA. These fundamental chemical forms possess two features essential for life: they display heredity -- meaning they can encode and pass on genetic i …

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Will Your State Be Next to Stop Teaching Evolution?

Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there. Four score and seven years ago, a Tennessee high school biology teacher named John Scopes was charged with teaching evol …

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Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next?

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On the border between matter and anti-matter: Nanoscientists find long-sought Majorana particle

ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2012) — Scientists at TU Delft's Kavli Institute and the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM Foundation) have succeeded for the first time in detecting a Majorana particle. In the 1930s, the brilliant Italian physicist Ettore Majo …

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New York City Bans References To Dinosaurs, Birthdays, Halloween, Dancing In Standardized Tests

In a bizarre case of political correctness run wild, educrats have banned references to “dinosaurs,” “birthdays,” “Halloween” and dozens of other topics on city-issued tests. That’s because they fear such topics “could evoke unpl …

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