The Last Dive?

by Tony Dokoupil Jan 14, 2013 12:00 AM EST

Funding for 
human expeditions 
to the 
watery depths appears 
to have run aground.... MORE

Why Do We Cry?

by Michael Trimble Jan 10, 2013 10:10 AM EST

Neurologist Michael Trimble surveys the many theories of why we shed tears and what we get out of... MORE

Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth

Jan 6, 2013 1:11 PM EST

On its way around the sun. MORE

Study: 100 Billion Alien Planets

Jan 3, 2013 10:10 AM EST

In the Milky Way alone. MORE

Whale Dead on Queens Beach

Dec 27, 2012 2:09 PM EST

Beast was 60 feet long. MORE

FDA Approves Genetically Altered Fish

Dec 22, 2012 8:50 AM EST

New salmon grow twice as quickly. MORE

Squeezing Breasts Can Prevent Cancer

Dec 20, 2012 6:50 PM EST

According to researchers at UC Berkeley. MORE

Livable Planet Possibly Discovered

Dec 19, 2012 7:35 AM EST

Just 12 light-years from Earth. MORE

Oliver Sacks: How I Write

by Noah Charney Dec 19, 2012 4:45 AM EST

The famed neurologist and author of the new book ‘Hallucinations’ talks about how ideas come to him... MORE

Year of the ‘God Particle’

by Abby Haglage Dec 19, 2012 4:45 AM EST

From the Higgs Boson to a drug that may help prevent HIV, see 2012’s most exciting scientific... MORE

Can Safe Sex Save the Earth?

by Jesse Ellison Dec 17, 2012 12:00 AM EST

A Christian fix for climate change. MORE

Raising Kids the Primitive Way

by Jared Diamond Dec 17, 2012 12:00 AM EST

Hold them, share them, let them run free.... MORE