Fascinating... I didn't realize this was a mystery of science.

Quoted: Peer into its molecules, and glass is indiscernible from a liquid. So how can it be hard? And how does it get that way? For scientists, the puzzle persists.

Oh no, sad...

Quoted: Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation, died Friday. He was 47.

A controversial study out of Cornell that's back in the news thanks to Michael Savage. Still, it seems autism is likely multi-factorial and linking it to TV at an early age is just once piece of the puzzle...

Quoted: I speculated in Slate that the mounting incidence of childhood autism may be related to increased television viewing among the very young. The autism rise began around 1980, about the same time cable TV and VCRs became common and Nickelodeon, the first kids-oriented channel, launched.

Even though cockroaches can withstand 10 times more radiation than humans, they're still not the most resilient organisms (or even insects, for that matter). Mythbusters proved that the flour beetle is more likely to survive atomic war!

Quoted: Pixar's Wall-E depicts a future Earth abandoned by humans, blanketed in garbage, and nearly devoid of life. At the outset, Wall-E, a robot, has but one companion: a friendly cockroach.

Maybe that's one mystery solved, but it still doesn't explain how the hell they hoisted those huge slabs of stone.

Quoted: England's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings — perhaps for ancient kings or chieftains.

April showers don't bring May flowers any more so than rain the rest of the year! Plus, it depends on where you live...

Quoted: The month of April kicked off with severe storms soaking much of the country. The old adage would have us believe that all this rain bodes well for next month's blossoms. But do April showers really bring May flowers?

Ha, good one from MSNBC...

Quoted: Scientists discover that kids who lack coordination feel unpopular at school. Who knew? Get the scoop on research that looks into the truth behind the conventional wisdom.

Interesting Slate piece on how the E. coli breakouts of 2006 illustrate how hard it actually is to engineer a biological weapon.

Quoted: An outbreak of E. coli isn't usually the stuff of feel-good stories. But a close look at recent outbreaks of E. coli—and a closer look at the bacteria themselves—may help us to put aside our fears for the moment. Engineering plagues is harder than it looks.