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Spaceflight October 21, 2015

Warp speed: what hyperspace would REALLY look like

The science fiction vision of stars flashing by as streaks when spaceships travel faster than light isn't what the scene would actually look like, a team of physics students says.

Physics October 21, 2015

Science vs. god: does progress trump faith?

Three out of five scientists do not believe in God, but two out of five do, said John Donvan, opening a debate on the issue of science and religion.

Astronomy October 21, 2015

Speed of universe's expansion measured better than ever

The universe just got a new speeding ticket.The most precise measurement ever made of the speed of the universe's expansion is in, thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and it's a doozy.

SCIENCE October 21, 2015

Small metal piece delays restart of CERN's Big Bang Machine anywhere from 2 days to 5 weeks

Officials say a minor glitch will delay the re-start of Europe's multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider either a couple of days or more than a month.

Science Education October 21, 2015

Atom smasher will renew hunt for strange particles in 2015

In 2015, the world's most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, will restart.

Physics October 21, 2015

Does antimatter fall up or down? New device may tell

The mystery of whether antimatter falls up or down could be solved with a new experiment to weigh matter's odd cousin, researchers say.

Physics October 21, 2015

Would time travelers leave online traces?

Scientists searched a corner of the Internet for evidence of time travel into the past. They found no evidence that this fantastical form of travel exists.

Physics October 21, 2015

How many people heard the Sermon on the Mount? Or the Gettysburg Address?

Have you ever wondered how many people in the audience actually heard the Gettysburg Address? How about the Sermon on the Mount or Moses at Sinai?

Chemistry October 21, 2015

What's missing from the Nobel Prizes? Scientists weigh in

The Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the Nobel prizes more than 100 years ago, in 1895, with the following prize categories: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and peace.

Biology October 21, 2015

2013 'Golden Goose' awards honor strange science

Politicians have their pick of strange-sounding studies when they want to call for cuts to science spending

Physics October 21, 2015

Speed of light may not be constant, physicists say

The speed of light is constant, or so textbooks say.