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When speaking about science to scientists, there is one thing that can be said that will almost always raise their indignation, and that is that science is inherently political and that the practice of science is a political act .

Don't be fooled by the innocuous name--Curiosity,

Here are some Thanksgiving tips from food safety expert Ben Chapman , at North Carolina State University. [More]

Does tryptophan from turkey meat make you sleepy? Short answer is NO. [More]

'Tis the season for giving thanks and sharing blame. The supercomittee, the White House, "the One Percent," Greece, Italy -- the accusations seem to be swirling everywhere this fall.

especially on toilets which, by the way, saved humanity, changed our ecology, and made the modern city possible. If you are the sort of person who does not like to use public restrooms, I will warn you right now, this article is going to cause you some concern.

Pepper spray is all over the news, following the Occupy Wall Street protests, particularly following the widely disseminated images and videos of protestors being sprayed in NY, Portland, and UCDavis . Before that, I knew and occasionally used its main ingredient, capsaicin, as a treatment for my patients with shingles, an extremely painful Herpes zoster infection. And I knew about the many of the serious side effects of pepper spray, well-described by Deborah Blum .

Editor's note: This essay, by renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis, was published in the August 1994 issue of Scientific American with the title, " Sex, Death and Kefir ." Margulis died on Tuesday in her home, according to a statement released by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she was a Distinguished University Professor of Geosciences.

courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Samuel The millions of monarchs ( Danaus plexippus ) that flit on fragile wings from the U.S.to a particular area of fir forest in Mexico as far as 4,000 kilometers are making the journey for the first time. [More]

Here's how you can avoid Zynga's equity snafu if you're considering offering employees stock options.

Kim Vandenbroucke, Game Inventor .boxxy {display:inline-block;width:280px;border:none;margin:6px;vertical-align:top;} Photo by Brian Kelly When it comes to goofing off, Kim Vandenbroucke is a pro. As a board game and toy inventor, she has developed products such as Cranium Party Playoff for Hasbro, Barbie Mini Kingdom for Mattel, and Scattergories Categories for Winning Moves. Trained in industrial design, the 32-year-old Chicagoan mixes the fundamentals of product design with a passion for play

Not since Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd has there ever been such a set of rivals as Tom Turkey and Hunter Bob. Hunter Bob just can t seem to get a turkey today. He s new to hunting and said he wanted to bag his own bird this Thanksgiving.

By Jo Marchant of Nature magazine The beautifully preserved leather trappings of an ancient Egyptian chariot have been rediscovered in a storeroom of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. [More]

The leaves are turning as I write in early October. Also turning is my stomach, from the accounts coming out of something called the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C