VSS Enterprise December 7 is a day that will now live in a new kind of infamy. It was the day that Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space company unveiled its new Space Ship 2 and almost blew 800 guests away — in hurricane-force winds — in the process. Video of the destruction...

While most serious scientists are wringing their hands, wondering who will win the Nobel prizes, a different group of scientists is celebrating the lighter–but just as bona fide–side of science. The 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony shined a silly look at science at Harvard last...

Cast of ABC Television's Flash Forward, courtesy of ABC When the ABC Television series FlashForward pushed the collective consciousness of the world (in the context of the show) forward six months, the book on which the action-adventure series is based flashed up the Amazon book ranking last week. The...

Every year the brightest science minds head south in July–somewhat like the swallows to Capistrano. This is more like the string theorists to the world Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. There, they meet in an unconference, trade brilliant notions and form collaborations to address...

The trash can smoke ring generator is a signature finale in Steve Spangler’s stage show… and was recently featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Everyone always wants to know how to make Steve’s classic giant smoke rings… now you can make them at home with a special Fourth of...

The Big Apple, known for its art and theater, rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the crossroads of art and science at the 2nd annual World Science Festival. The festivities got underway June 10 with a star-studded gala event at Lincoln Center, followed by a reception celebrating renowned naturalist...

Famed mathematician Stephen Hawking has been rushed to a hospital and is seriously ill, Cambridge University said Monday.

Courtesy of Wildlife Media Bear biologist Chris Morgan is one of the foremost experts on grizzly and other rare bears. He travels the world raising awareness about these feared and revered animals. From the last remaining Cascade Grizzlies to the rare sun bear on the island of Borneo, Dr. Morgan is...

As the line between fact and fiction blurs in television and film productions, Hollywood is turning to the National Academies of Science for a much-needed dose of reality. A new initiative, called the Science & Entertainment Exchange was announced yesterday and will match creative screenwriters...

Michael Crichton, courtesy of Harvard University, photo by Jon Chase After a very private battle with cancer best-selling author Michael Crichton died in Los Angeles. The man who made a career of making scientists perpetually angry could not outwit a devastating disease. He opened the minds of hundreds...

Albert Einstein, 1947 Einstein had a way with words, which confused many. His apparent contradictory opinions on science and religion allowed both the religious and non-religious to claim him as one of their scientists and great thinkers. A new letter going up for auction sheds a little more light...

Fire fighter locator can see through smoke and walls, courtesy of University of Buffalo Computer science is in a slump. Ask Microsoft. The software company is putting its money on Michael Buckley, a computer programming professor at University of Buffalo. He is “computing with a cause”...

Dr. Michio Kaku examines the link between science fiction and real science. From the technological advances of teleportation in Star Trek and a death star in Star Wars, Kaku rates the impossibility of such realities in the future in his new book, Physics of the Impossible.