A huge pool of magma is under the surface, representing an existential threat to America, as well as the rest of the world. One scientist estimates an eruption would be 2,000 times the size of Mount St. Helens. 

Jeff Walker: The teacher is the individual who I can associate with, who I want to track over time and who I will connect to.

There really is no difference between donors and doers.

Money is just one of the resources that you have available to you like gas that goes in the car. It’s not the car itself. 

The reliable Geminid meteor shower is an annual hit for stargazers, and it should not disappoint this year despite waxing gibbous moonlight during the shower's peak tonight (December 13/14).

“The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind.” ― Kenneth Patchen (born on this date in 1911)

On October 15, 2013, the City Council of Cupertino, California, debated for 6 hours before finally approvingApple’s plans for a new $5 billion USD office headquarters to be built in […]

Your computer will be able to answer your questions before you ask them or even before you realize you have a question.

Your computer will be an assistant that helps you through the day, will answer your questions before you ask them or even before you realize you have a question

Scientists have developed a way of trapping single sperm cells inside metal nanotubes. The direction of these 'spermbots' can be controlled remotely to deliver drugs or fertilize an egg.

Schekman compares the incentives that journals such as Nature, Cell and Science offer scientists to Wall Street's bonus culture. 

Thick clouds, rain, a bright Gibbous Moon and chilly temperatures will make for difficult stargazing. Fortunately the Slooh space camera's broadcast team will be providing all night coverage that includes expert commentary from Bob Berman.  

A human-sounding telemarketer says she is real. Can you tell from this recording?

Here is a glimpse of what our world would look like to a visitor from afar. 

The image above depicts skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf business district of east London poking out as much of the rest of the city is shrouded in fog on December 11, 2013. The photo was taken by the London Metropolitan Police. 

Be skeptical of any theory that produces the possibility of time travel, particularly if it relies on wormholes. That’s not a theory based on physical reality, but rather fodder for science fiction writers and television shows.

The question remains as to whether the bright spot seen moving away from the sun was simply debris, or whether a small nucleus of the original ball of ice was still there.

"No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love."- Edvard Munch (born on this date in 1863)

When I was 15, my geography teacher almost ruined maps for me. He stubbornly avoided what fascinated me about cartography: the why and how of those borderlines that cut and […]

By hitting snooze you are making the wake-up process more difficult and drawn out.