A View from the Beach

What report s seem not to be emphasizing is that the "cure" was the outcome of an adult stem cell transplant, not an embryonic ste...

" Everyone yawns, but no one knows why. We start when we are in the womb, and we do it through old age. Most vertebrate species, even...

The hard facts about fracking.

No Cancer Cluster in Erin's Town HINKLEY, Calif. -- A California state study has not revealed elevated cancer levels in the town of H...

NASA says global warming may have averted a new ice age... Earth's orbit around and orientation toward the Sun change over spans of m...

Redheads require more anaesthesia , or less, depending.

At least to me.  See  recent record high and low temps, and snow and rainfall :

Nope, couldn't find anything exciting in the news.

The hard drive in my 6 month old Windows7 desk top computer started doing odd things late last week, clicking, and responding very slowly. ...

Or is it? Recently a Columbia professor, and HuffPo blogger was charged with incest ; having sex with his ADULT daughter.  Eeewww!  But shou...

Cold weather in Florida killing manatees I have fond memories of manatees from my time in Florida in the mid-80's.  Manatees frequente...

We managed to get out for our walk today during  a gap in the rain.  Some Buffleheads (sea ducks) were swimming just offshore. Buffies mi...

 Government agents would take money from people without evidence - and they were right!   http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/2769122-418/...

Yes, I like cats too, but they are different animals... Seen at Theo's

The air was cool but still, and misty, making photography a bit tough.  Sometimes the point and shoot camera couldn't find enough contra...

Obama Appoints Clinton as Commander-In_Chief

An osprey builds a nest on a backhoe swallowed by the Chesapeake Bay near Holland Island.  I caught a nice speck led trout...

If the arsenic bug controversy has taught us anything it is that peer-review is an imperfect means of screening out bad science from good sc...

Cove Point Light 8/16/08 Click to embiggen.