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Bees help pollenate much of our crops. Without them, the food supply is doomed.   

A live-blog event happened a week ago, but you can catch the entire thing anew here, right now! “We have never observed infinity in nature. Whenever you have infinities in […]

New research produces surprising results about which animals are the smartest.

Theoretical physicist Brian Greene discusses how we may not be able to see other dimensions.

In a world that’s always connected, we give away an essential part of our selves with constant distractions.

There is software that can track drones in open areas, but none that can do so in tight-knit, urban ones.   

“What we perceive as color — what we perceive as light — corresponds to a very narrow band of frequencies, out of an infinite continuum,” says Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek.

One Alabama library is demanding jail time for late books. How is this happening in a nation that’s reading less and less? 

When we acknowledge and formally recognize death in our culture, it is fundamentally a different way of dealing with it than what we usually do.

Albert Einstein was the first to discuss the fabric of space, and according to his theorems, the curvature of it. We have been discussing the possibility of gravitational waves ever since.

It’s a pretty impressive feat.

Not as cheerful as your standard cartography – but you might learn a thing or two

Shell has had an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. We can compare it to BP, but the magnitude is much different. Cleanup strategies could be different too.

The map of Spain is tattooed into the Catalan landscape, as indelible streets and avenues

While progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms behind consciousness, a seemingly limitless neuronal interaction makes discovering a point of origin challenging.

Around 53 million years ago, the Arctic was host to a wide range of creatures that thrived in its warm swamps. The fossil record shows how our warming climate might influence old migratory patterns to reemerge in the Arctic Circle. 

Rather than life arising on Earth, did it already exist in space prior to our planet’s formation? “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it […]

Cats’ craziness is leftover instinctual behavior from living in the wild.

Most amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags pride themselves on being family friendly attractions. These parks do not.

Flesh-eating West African Nile monitors have invaded Florida, presumably thanks to careless pet owners.

An awful op-ed about how science is no different than other disciplines misses some fundamental facts. “Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.” […]

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is spearheading a national no-kill shelter movement for cats and dogs.

After 4th of July this past Monday, here’s the science behind how they work! “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it.” -The Simpsons This […]

A small animal shuts down CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest scientific instrument, right before an experiment to detect new particles.

Seismologists are warning about an overdue earthquake. How prepared are we? 

Among many others, Britain’s new Foreign Secretary has managed to offend the previous, current and future presidents of the U.S.

Author-musician James McBride claims that James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, holds the secret to America’s race-torn soul.

The New York Times claimed that aliens must have existed at some point. But science is less certain. “There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve […]

Richard Feynman’s method for understanding science can also be used for detecting pseudoscience.

One turkey. Two types of muscles. Two different temperatures needed to cook properly. Put away the roasting pan and get ready to spatchcock the bird.