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Do we have free will? It is an age-old question which has attracted the attention of philosophers, theologians, lawyers and political theorists.

Microbes will be the (human) food- and fuel-makers of the future, if J.

Think of the weirdest creatures you’ve even seen in a sci-fi film.

Most Americans who worry about cyberwarfare are concerned that it will be directed against the United States.

A Russian rocket successfully lifted off from snowy Central Asia tonight (Nov. 13), carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.

With the return of the brilliant planet Venus to our evening sky, I'm reminded of an amusing anecdote related by a good friend of mine, George Lovi, a well-known astronomy lecturer and author who passed away in 1993. One night, while running a public night at the Brooklyn College Observatory in New York, the telescope was pointed right at Venus, which was displaying a delicate crescent shape at the time. Yet, one student gazing through the telescope eyepiece stubbornly insisted that he was really looking at the moon.

Some of the warmest early November weather on record has plants and animals behaving oddly in the UK. [More]

LONDON--It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab that generates electricity with every footstep taken on it, providing clean power to both cities and remote areas not connected to a national grid. Best of all, it requires mainly used tires and concrete

This timelapse video of photographs taken from the International Space Station between August and October is just stunning: [More]

A federal energy panel issued a blunt warning to shale gas drillers and their regulators today, saying they need to step up efforts to protect public health and the environment or risk a backlash that stifles further development. 201CConcerted and sustained action is needed to avoid excessive environmental impacts of shale gas production and the consequent risk of public opposition to its continuation and expansion,201D said members of the Energy Department2019s Shale Gas Subcommittee in a draft report released today

By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine When John Cardy proposed a far-reaching principle to constrain all possible theories of quantum particles and fields, he expected it to be quickly rebutted. [More]

Photo: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, photo courtesy of Dr. Prabir Dutta, The Ohio State University.

By Edwin Cartlidge of Nature magazine The distribution of fallout from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has now been mapped by two independent teams. [More] Presented By: Grainger has power transmission covered.

For the first of Sunday’s poster blogging we’re going to look at some dutiful dads. Some dutiful monkey dads

The patient had endured 20 years of pain: her calves had turned into two bricks,