Exploring Mars: Astronaut Versus Astrobot

Is it worth sending people to Mars when robots already go there safely and on the cheap?

By Adam T. Hadhazy | Posted July 30, 2008

Is it true I can create ball lightning in my microwave oven?

Asks Vinny from Staten Island

By Eric R. Olson | Posted July 28, 2008

How many cheeseburgers does Lance Armstrong need to eat?

By Rachel Mahan | Posted July 25, 2008

Inside the “Vaccine Court”

A court with no judge, no jury and a controversial treatment of science takes center stage in the autism-vaccine debate.

By Andrew Grant | Posted

Trying Teens

Can brain science help determine the fates of adolescents accused of violent crimes?

By Greg Soltis | Posted July 23, 2008

Evolution Quiz

Get video answers from Rob DeSalle, an evolution expert.

By Rachel Mahan | Posted July 16, 2008

Geek Chic

By Susannah F. Locke | Posted July 14, 2008

Everyone tells me I can get Lyme disease from a tick. Is this the only thing I can get from them?

Asks Jukka from Medford, NJ

By Karina Hamalainen | Posted

Before the Big Bang

A new theory proposes a universe before ours.

By Monica Heger | Posted July 9, 2008

Voters Care About Science: E=Mc(Cain)² or Obamamentum=mv?

By Adam T. Hadhazy | Posted July 6, 2008