How Real Is Reality?

Reality seems pretty stubborn, pretty fixed and pretty much independent of whatever is going on in your head. But is it, really? Astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the scientific debate.

NCAR announces powerful new supercomputer for scientific discovery

BOULDER—The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing atmospheric and Earth science, following a competitive open procurement process.

MIT May Be Able to Get Robots to Wash the Dishes

A team of scientists at the renowned institution MIT is looking to teach an automaton how to clean up after you in the kitchen.

Gravitation under human control? Physicist proposes using magnetic fields to produce and detect gravitational fields

Produce and detect gravitational fields at will using magnetic fields, control them for studying them, work with them to produce new technologies -- it sounds daring, but one physicist has proposed just that in a new article. If followed, this proposal could transform physics and shake up Einstein

Most distant massive galaxy cluster identified

Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.

10 Questions for Alan Guth, Pioneer of the Inflationary Model of the Universe

The theoretical physicist discusses the expanding universe and the infinite possibilities it brings.

The Solar Singularity Is Getting Closer

Tam Hunt revisits his thesis on the solar singularity - and also adds in storage and electric cars.

Mysterious LHC Photons Have Physicists Searching for Answers

Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider reported an unusual bump in their signal. But this time, they have no idea where the bump came from.

NASA's Kepler Comes Roaring Back with 100 New Exoplanet Finds

Kepler has now discovered more than 100 confirmed alien planets during its second-chance K2 mission, researchers announced today (Jan. 5) here at the 227th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

Climate Deal Is Signal to Industry: The Era of Carbon Reduction Is Here

The world economy has a long way to go to break away from the use of coal and oil that fueled progress since the Industrial Revolution.

Best Of CES 2016: The most innovative things we saw at CES 2016

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show isn’t officially over until the end of the day on Saturday but all of the big announcements are behind us at this point.

Engineers create the first ever structure to be 3D printed from 'alien' materials

Planetary Resources and 3D Systems today showcased a model of part of a spacecraft from meteorite metals found in Argentina. The model was today showcased at CES in Las Vegas.

NASA Is Taking Asteroid Threats To Earth Seriously, Forms New Defense Office

NASA announced the creation of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office on Thursday. Pictured are orbits of near-Earth asteroids (blue) and potentially hazardous asteroids (orange).

2016: sustainable buildings go from being green to being good for you

Over the past 20 years, green construction has gone from a niche enterprise to a major driver of new business. But in 2016, erecting sustainable, profitable green buildings will no longer be enough to stand out.

'GOD' for Atheists (and an Expanded, Scientific Definition of God for Everyone Else) 

As many celebrate the Christmas season and the coming of a New Year, maybe there's a way we can, indeed, bring atheists and theists and the disparate factions and religions together on our little planet.