Switching grocery lines, carrying an umbrella, talking out loud about a possible no-hitter in baseball—a sense of jinxing things arises because when negative possibilities come to mind, they seem more likely...
As consumer telescopes and techniques improve, will there be implications for national security?
Charles Duhigg's new book The Power of Habit draws on neuroscience and psychology to explain how habits form, how to promote good habits and how to break bad ones
An update by the author of A Universe from Nothing on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy
During a conversation, a light touch can impart a subliminal sense of caring and connection, leading to more successful social interactions and even better teamwork
A group of spider monkeys and their scientist observers confront extreme weather and its fiery aftermath in a Central American rainforest
A coronal mass ejection can reach Earth in days and disrupt communications, destroy satellites and even knock out power grids. A video from NOVA
The Coalition for Science after School and Zooniverse will answer your questions about after-school science activities, whale songs or citizen science initiatives like whale.fm
This guide, in observance of Earth Day 2012, helps consumers move well beyond the throw-it-out mentality
With federal investigators turning up millions of bogus electronics in military systems, the Defense Department is searching for a better way to spot the fakes
Temperature can dramatically change the properties of materials, as Yale University's Ainissa Ramirez shows
In her latest comic book, graphic novelist Kate Evans helps readers understand carbon trading schemes and their shortcomings
Detailed maps of the debris field, high-definition images and online gaming technology could lead to virtual expeditions to the Titanic site
Can't stay up to follow all the #Titanic_SA tweets? Here are they are, all collected
Scientists are struggling to raise tropical fish on farms so that fishers who now poison coral reefs to catch them will no longer be needed
