Diamonds Lose Mass in Sunlight

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By James Mitchell Crow of Nature magazine It might be among the hardest materials known, but place a diamond in a patch of sunlight and it will start to lose atoms, say a team of physicists in Australia. [More]

Dawn to Rise over Asteroid Vesta

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First things first: so what are protists anyway?

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Hello everyone, and welcome again to The Ocelloid! The intro post before was a little too formal and impersonal, I think, at least for my usual style anyway. [More]

Will the Weather Add to "Carmageddon" Headaches in Los Angeles?

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At least the weather outside will keep its cool in "camageddon" this weekend. However, the weather inside thousands of vehicles may get hostile. What Is Carmageddon?

Summer Reading

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I am one of those people that’s usually “reading” a lot of books at once. [More]

BP promises safer drilling, without admitting flaws

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* BP says to more closely monitor contractors * Declines to say if tightening internal procedures [More]

Fungus Protects Rice from Challenges of Climate Change

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To ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fungus.

Good News for 2 Rare Leopard Species [Video]

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Conservation groups are reporting better than expected news on two rare leopard species, the critically endangered Amur leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis ) in Russia and the endangered snow leopard ( P.

Mental Math in Infants

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Most children start counting after the age of two, after observing much tallying done by parents, siblings and television characters. [More]

Fossil fuels can’t save Japan from power shortage

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By Chikako Mogi TOKYO, Jul 15 (Reuters) - Japan would face a serious electricity shortage if all its 54 [More]

Crux of Schizophrenia’s Emotional and Social Deficits May Be Cognitive

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[PART 2 OF 2 BLOGS ON SCHIZOPHRENIA. [More]

New Respiratory Virus Jumps from Monkey to Lab Worker

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By Zoe Cormier of Nature magazine A class of virus has for the first time been shown to jump from animals to humans--and then to infect other humans. The virus is described in PLoS Pathogens today. [More]