Discovery’s ‘Big Brain Theory’: Not That Kind Of Nerd TV
Perhaps the most revolutionary thing about Discovery’s nifty new science series The Big Brain Theory, hosted by Kal Penn, is …
NASA Details Space Telescope’s Cosmic Near Miss
A new video reveals just how close NASA came last year to losing its $500 million Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope …
Don’t Miss The Premiere Of The World’s Smallest Movie
If only there was an Oscar for “Smallest Movie,” a group of IBM nanophysicists would be a shoe-in with their …
How Doctors Would Know If Syrians Were Hit With Nerve Gas
President Obama affirmed Tuesday that there’s evidence Syrians have been attacked with chemical weapons — in particular, nerve gas. But …
The Boomerang Rocket Ship: Shoot It Up, Back It Comes
What in heaven’s name is happening here? We’re in McGregor, Texas, surrounded by farms (and the ghost of Johnny Cash). …
Big Sibling’s Big Influence: Some Behaviors Run In The Family
Patricia East is a developmental psychologist who began her career working at an OB-GYN clinic in California. Thursday mornings at …
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Passes First Rocket Test
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo — designed to carry paying passengers beyond Earth’s atmosphere — passed a key test Monday, shooting past …
Nobody Throws Balls Like Yu
He’s 26 years old, comes from Japan, plays baseball in Texas and can throw pitches like no one else in …
Freaky Friday: Autonomous Tissue Grabbers Are On Their Way
When we first heard about researchers using tiny freely floating tools to grab tissue samples deep inside the body, we …
Failure Of Latest HIV Vaccine Test: A ‘Huge Disappointment’
The largest current study of an AIDS vaccine, involving 2,500 people, is being stopped. After an oversight committee took a …
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