Science Stories

This coming weekend is a big one for Saturday Night Live. It marks the end of Bill Hader’s tenure on the show and Ben Affleck’s fifth time hosting. But perhaps the most significant reason to tune in is the fact that Kanye … Continue reading →

A private space plane has arrived at a NASA facility in California to undergo tests that will help vet its ability to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. A test version of the Dream Chaser space plane … Continue reading →

The much-anticipated incoming Comet ISON, which some scientists hope will become the “comet of the century” later this year, may not be visible to the naked eye yet, but you don’t have to wait months to see this icy wanderer. … Continue reading →

If you underwent a genetic test for a heart condition, but the test also revealed that you have a high risk of colon cancer, would you want to know? A respected scientific society says your doctor should tell you, but … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever gone grocery shopping while you’re hungry, you know the task can be a challenge: Everything looks good. Now new research confirms that grocery shopping when your stomach is rumbling is probably not a good idea. To hungry … Continue reading →

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The increasing demand for flying experiments in space was clearly in evidence over the weekend as a standing room only crowd of 100 people packed into a room here at the Hacker Dojo to hear about … Continue reading →

Astronomers are calling for volunteers to help them search for “space warps,” rare and distant galaxies that bend light around them like enormous lenses. Citizen scientists participating in the Space Warps project, which launches Wednesday (May 8), could help shed … Continue reading →

When I was a kid, we ate plenty of veggies. My family usually grew a garden in the summer, and my grandfather, an erstwhile farmer, kept us in great supply of an endless variety of produce. But, it wasn’t until … Continue reading →

When I was a kid, we ate plenty of veggies. My family usually grew a garden in the summer, and my grandfather, an erstwhile farmer, kept us in great supply of an endless variety of produce. But, it wasn’t until … Continue reading →

It’s been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic-stem-cell lines from human skin cells. Ever since Ian Wilmut, an unassuming embryologist working at … Continue reading →