This video, commissioned by WWF Germany, will make you think twice about throwing away an apple. 

You may not make it to space in this life, but your ashes could be sent there after you die. 

Would an astronaut who falls into a black hole be "stretched like spaghetti" or flash-fried by a firewall of energy? The answer to this question has great significance.   

According to a meta-analysis published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review, there is a "reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity" in 53 out of 63 studies.

At NASA the waste management engineers are incredibly important to the entire mission, says Mary Roach.

Elon Musk released the conceptual design for his Hyperloop passenger transport capsule.

At Less Wrong, Eliezer Yudkowsky challenges the common assumption that automation is the cause of long-term unemployment. 

According to NASA estimates, up to 60 meteors per hour might be seen at the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on August 12. 

In a previous post, we set American Walt Whitman against Frenchman Arthur Rimbaud. Based on your feedback, Rimbaud won the first set narrowly. So now on to set #2: war.

Who will win this death match?

Bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe argues that the Singularity envisioned by Ray Kurzweil isn't quite right.

President Obama, who has had his own problems with Vladimir Putin, does not think it would be wise to boycott the 2014 Olympics in Russia over anti-gay laws. But what do you think?

This infographic compares how much our space odysses are costing us - both on and off film.

This graphic shows the orbits of all the known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). Over 1,400 asteroids that we no about are considered hazardous because they follow orbits that pass close to the Earth's orbit. 

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how your brain perceives time (retrospectively).

Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss explains the different types of nothing. Or something.

Shepard Fairey has given his "stamp of approval" to the Stamp Stampede - a campaign to stamp dollar bills with messages like "Not To Be Used For Bribing Politicians."  

Even the White House is getting involved in YouTube's "Geek Week," hosting a special We the Geeks: Robots Hangout today at 2:00 pm EDT for "a conversation about the state of American robotics and the possibilities for robots to improve life on Earth."

If you've been following YouTube Geek Week, you may have noticed that YouTube has been releasing one Easter egg per day this week.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent at CNN, has changed his mind about medical marijuana.