Philippe Matthews Show Guru Advice, Author Reviews, Tech Reviews, Entertainment News

By Lance Whitney The iOS 5 update initially bricked my iPod Touch. [More]

Plants mastered chemistry a long time before humans, billions of years actually . In fact, we humans and most of the rest of the life on Earth can thank tiny cyanobacteria for mastering/evolving the molecule known as chlorophyll. Chlorophyll--a pigment that absorbs blue light--is the key to photosynthesis, and photosynthesis is the key to turning sunlight into food.

CHENGDU, China -- A convoy of white vans barreled down a dusty road three hours south of this provincial capital in late September. Lush valleys were drying out after another long and turbulent rainy season. U.S.

By Jo Marchant of Nature magazine A DNA analysis of ancient storage jars suggests that Greek sailors traded a wide range of foods--not just wine, as many historians have assumed. [More]

The wind tosses Gaby Nava's hair as the small fishing boat skims across the glassy water just off the port of Veracruz, Mexico. She smiles at the shallow bay and the Gulf of Mexico sprawling across the horizon. "We are very lucky today.

By Susan Young of Nature magazine The Ta

The most obvious effect of birth control pills is, well...birth control. But the pill may have subtler effects, too. Like influencing which guy a woman goes for, and her satisfaction with him--in bed and out.

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Japan should be less conservative [More]

Name : Brent Stockwell Title : Associate professor, Columbia University [More]

By Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Conservation organizations are looking for change. [More]

By Gyles Beckford WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Salvage teams raced on Friday to resume pumping oil from a stricken container ship which has almost split into two pieces off the New Zealand coast as businesses started to count the cost of the country's worst environmental disaster in decades. [More]

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A mysterious disease, possibly a virus, has afflicted ring seals along Alaska's coast, killing scores of them since July, local and federal agencies said on Thursday. [More]

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Key populations of songbirds are in decline in the sagebrush plains of southwestern Wyoming as oil and gas development there increases, a University of Wyoming scientist said on Thursday. [More]

By Josh Lowensohn The lineup for the iPhone 3GS in 2009. [More]

For years artificial muscles have promised to deliver a more flexible, more durable alternative to electric motors and hydraulic systems.