Everyday science Blog Science that's hard to swallow It's not every day you get to see an Ig Nobel laureate in the flesh -- and even rarer to watch one swallow 12 inches of steel...
Everyday science Blog Galileo's inconvenient truth Having seen Al Gore's keynote address, I can understand why his film "An Inconvenient Truth" struck such a chord with viewers...
Everyday science Blog 'Promiscuous networking' I'd thought that the economic crisis might be the elephant in the conference room, but I was only half right...
Everyday science Blog The bean has landed Is this an artist's impression of life inside a tokamak reactor?
Everyday science Blog Could the Earth be breathing? Mother earth breathing through cracks in her face
Everyday science Blog Watch out for the space junk It's finally happened - a very expensive telecoms satellite has been destroyed...
Everyday science Blog Visiting Fermilab Chicago's suburbs may not seem like the most exciting spot for some pre-conference tourism, but they are home to the world's largest (operational) particle accelerator...
Everyday science Blog How can a theory of physics possess beauty? The BBC tackles aesthetics and logical thinking...
Everyday science Blog Now you see it… now you don't UPDATE 11 February: Things have moved on in Washington regarding science stimulus spending...