Science and Tech in President Obama's SOTU
In his 2013 State of the Union address, Pres. Obama talked about climate change, energy and manufacturing technology innovation, and STEM education—that is, science, technology, engineering and math
Battered Skulls Reveal Violence among Stone Age Women
Contrary to findings from mass Stone Age graves, women were equally as likely to be victims of deadly blows as men
Side-Dominant Science: Are You Left- or Right-Sided?
A sidedness selection from Science Buddies
Putting the Elements in their Places
Dating from the mid-1800s, the periodic table took decades to develop and was critical to atomic theory and quantum mechanics
Largest Prime Number Discovered
A U.S. mathematician used a giant network of computers to find a new prime number--17,425,170 digits long
Confirmed: Bones of King Richard III Found under Parking Lot
DNA analysis confirms that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, are the remains of the vilified English king, Richard III
What the Oldest Meteorites Say about the Early Solar System
Microscopic analyses of chondrites, the oldest rocks in the solar system, are filling in details of what our neighborhood in space was like shortly before the planets formed
Public Participation in Research Back in Vogue with Ascent of "Citizen Science"
A modest effort to enlist amateur bird-watchers in the cause of ornithology wound up producing a fire hose of data and helping rewrite the rules of science
Why Hasn't the Whole Universe Collapsed into an Enormous Black Hole? [Video]
Scientific American contributing editor George Musser answers viewer questions submitted to YouTube's Spacelab Channel
Squishy Science: Extract DNA from Smashed Strawberries
A genetically geared activity from Science Buddies
A Revolution in Astronomy
Science has progressed from wild speculation about Earth's planetary neighbors—including how they formed and whether they are inhabited—to a better understanding of our celestial neighborhood
To the Ends of the Earth
Explorers in search of scientific knowledge, as well as glory, conquered the poles 100 years ago