A total of seven power utilities in Japan have ordered their employees to attend public nuclear power-related hearings and symposia and pos...

I'm finally seeing the end of a marathon paper writing process ­— not the end, mind you, but at least there is an end in sight. Meanwhil...

I upgraded my web browser to Firefox 5 the other day, from version 3.6. The whole process was very uneventful, in a good way. For older ver...

Marc Hauser has resigned from Harvard, following the discovery that he falsified experimental data in at least three papers. He is going t...

The hot, sunny weather we've had lately suddenly turned rainy and cool (well, not quite as hot is more like it). The reason? Typhoon #6....

Ever hear about " the singularity "? It's the vague idea that technological advancement and machine intelligence is exponentia...

It's been over 35° here lately, and energy saving is on everybody's mind. A piece in yesterday mornings Asahi Shimbun (can't fin...