• At Caltech, intersection of science and science fiction draws a crowd

    On Saturday, hundreds came to Caltech to learn more about a new anthology showcasing the literary work of scientists, engineers and students.

  • Sought Out by Science, and Then Forgotten

    Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.

  • Science and Wine Collecting: Do They Mix?

    The ability to judge wine is not shared equally by every person. Research suggests that most of us are not as able as we would like to be.

  • AI haunted by doomsday science fiction

    (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) One of the first movies that comes to mind where the AIs take over humanity is "Colossus the Forbin Project," a 1970 ‘shocker'. The worst-case AI scenario has been a Hollywood plot for a long time — before "Colossus' and after. It's part of an array of possibilities for a future world that fiction writers have been tinkering with all along. In "Colossus," the AI teams up with a Russian ‘sentient' computer to blackmail mankind and bring them to their knees. That's...

  • Jupiter at its core remains a mystery to science

    Aptly named, Jupiter is the king of the Solar System. Weighing in at 318 times the mass of Earth, Jupiter is the largest planet in orbit around the Sun. Being so massive, its gravity sets the dynamics of the Solar System, bullying comets and bouncing asteroids. Given how large and influential Jupiter is, you might think that science has already revealed all the basic facts about its structure. But you would be wrong — as wrong, in fact, as the scientists who thought for many decades that they...

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    A science news roundup with Short Wave

    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, hosts of the Short Wave podcast, about the mysteries of multicellular organisms, a house built with diapers, and the physics of gummy candy.

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    A science news roundup with Short Wave

    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong, hosts of the Short Wave podcast, about the mysteries of multicellular organisms, a house built with diapers, and the physics of gummy candy.

  • High Schooler Wins Computer Science Award

    CHICAGO, IL (IANS) – An Indian American and three others have been selected among a pool of graduating high school seniors as a recipient of the Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing which empowers students to pursue computing challenges beyond the traditional classroom environment. Sirihaasa […]

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    Star Watch: The science behind the colors of stars

    (WJHL) - Have you ever looked up at the night sky and noticed that some stars look more yellow or blue-colored? It all depends on the temperature of the star. Stars range in five different colors: red, orange, yellow, white and blue. Stars appear as red when they are at their coolest and dark blue []

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    5 Ways To Increase Your Happiness, According to Science

    Increase your overall contentment with these simple practices.

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    The art and science of cooking low and slow barbecue

    Achieving the perfect brisket takes cooking it for a long time at such low temperatures. Today, a look at the chemistry behind transforming this tough cut of meat to juicy deliciousness.

  • Community fun in East Palestine begins science

    The next generation of scientists will possibly put together the technology to see a person walk on Mars.