In an investigation published today, Science reveals that a Caltech professor received a one-year suspension for…

The informally-named Holuhraun volcano in Iceland now formally bears the same name, making fans of naming it after…

Once again, a prominent researcher is revealed to be complicit in creating a culture of oppressive harassment that…

The New Horizons space probe is sending back incredible data from the Pluto-Charon system, even shaking the…

Every geoscientist in North America has a favourite story of helicopters, bears, or both, but these epic field…

Yesterday, John Bohannon reported on his deeply (and intentionally) flawed study claiming chocolate accelerates…

Scientists love their toys. Monster machines, delicate precision devices, even those finicky electronic brats that…

Today, Mike Irvine defended his thesis in a pinstripe suit and scuba gear underwater from a dive site in the Pacific…

On December 6th, 1989, women were targeted, shot, and killed for being engineering students. Today is a day to…

Should I be disturbed that the most compelling, diverse, women in science outreach video I've seen was produced by a…

Earlier this year, the world's oldest mountaintop observatory was teetering on dying off. Not due to technology…

An infographic at Quanta Magazine explains how scientists could've mistaken cosmic dust for gravitational waves as…

Astronomy loves acronyms. Some of them are evocative, charming, and memorable. Others are more laboured in their…

Is chasing storms ethical? After one profit-hungry chaser published the photograph of a dying child, it's time to…

It's old news that science fiction inspires scientists, but it's downright adorable watching Dr. S. James Gates, Jr.…

Did you have fun as a first-person palaeontologist uncovering dino-eggs in the Gobi Desert? Here's another video…

Find a palaeontologist. Have him watch a whole lot of science fiction time-travel movies. Guide him into…

Watching Andrei Linde and Renata Kallosh hear that BICEP-2 found gravitational waves is heartwarming. But with a bit…

Today an engineer in Washington can be proud of doing a very good job. After noticing a crack and bowing in the…