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Scientists in China revealed that they found a giant bird whose fossilized bones measure 8 meters (26 feet) in length, 5 meters (16 feet) tall and which weighed 1,400 kilograms (3,000 pounds) and lived 85 million years ago. The fossil was uncovered in the Erlian Basin of northern China's Inner...

Scientists create embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos Researchers are 'optimistic' that the process can one day work in human cells David Cameron, Whitehead Institute June 6, 2007 Scientists have created embryonic stem cells in mice without destroying embryos in the process...

We're slowly getting there, 10 years from now we'll be able to sequence a human genome for less than $1000 :)

http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics

http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2007/05/military_might_versus_fossils.php Denver Post is reporting that the US Army wants to use a major fossil site for bombing practice. The Picket Wire Canyonlands, in the Commanche National Grasslands, is included in a series of maps the Army has...

I don't know what's more disgraceful - the museum itself or the way it is covered here: http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/arts/24crea.html

http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/05/deflated-ego-problem.html Thursday, May 24, 2007 The Deflated Ego Problem "How humans get away with having a small genome" Believe it or not, that's actually the subtitle of a short article in this month's issue of SEED (June, 2007). Who knew that humans...

Science 18 May 2007: Vol. 316. no. 5827, pp. 996 - 997 DOI: 10.1126/science.1133398 Review Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg Resistance to certain scientific ideas derives in large part from assumptions and biases that can be demonstrated...

I hope this hasn't been posted before This is an excerpt of the "Emperor Has No Clothes Award" acceptance speech delivered at the 25th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in San Diego on Nov. 23, 2003. The Foundation's "Emperor Has No Clothes Award" is bestowed for "plain...

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/05/is_this_what_we_can_expect_fro.php#more JIvnX0JxmBM

Mankind's second race for the moon took on a distinctly Cold War feel yesterday when the Russian space agency accused its old rival Nasa of rejecting a proposal for joint lunar exploration. The claim comes amid suspicion in Moscow that the United States is seeking to deny Russia access to an...

There are two basic scientific schools of thought as to how all life came to be. One theory says that life on Earth arose spontaneously and it could have done so in our galaxy and all across the universe. The other theory is that all life arose from a single universal ancestor. Dr. Gary Ruvkun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCCBiFVumE4&mode=user&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0iAxcNpjNg

In a first step towards creating artificial sperm cells, researchers have turned human bone marrow tissue into primitive sperm cells. If these precursor cells can be coaxed into becoming fully functioning sperm cells, the technique could allow infertile men to father their own children, and...

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has received a $100 million gift to launch a new research center that will combine the strengths of genomics and chemical biology to advance the understanding and treatment of severe mental illnesses. The philanthropic gift from the Stanley Medical...

A study of dinosaur genomes hints that the early evolution of a smaller genome might have been necessary for later vertebrates to take to the skies. Birds have long been known to have much smaller genomes than mammals and reptiles living on the ground. And a small genome has been linked to both...

Nature Published online: 14 March 2007; | doi:10.1038/446240b A controversial US study of environmental effects on children's health got a boost last week, when the congressman who holds the House purse strings for the project vowed to keep it funded despite resistance from the White House. At...

A genetic analysis of pubic lice suggests the parasites were transferred between early humans and gorillas about 3.3 million years ago. Researchers say the findings suggest close contact between our ancestors and gorillas. But they claim it is far more likely that early humans caught the lice...

the question is isn't it too late?

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v38/n12/full/ng1914.html very interesting...