How could we truly distinguish great science from good science? Often, we can't. Nor should we, in many cases -- although journal "impact factors" are being used to try to do just that.
Seven months ago, Luke Medland, an English man who was born without his left hand, was fitted for a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb. Although he love...
Whoops? Newly released research suggests that for thousands of years, scientists have misidentified one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World...
NASA's high-tech Curiosity rover may be getting a little cheeky over there on Mars. In a photo of Curiosity's track patterns, published on the robo...
By Meredith Wadman Citing cash concerns, Harvard Medical School announced on Tuesday that it will close the New England Primate Research Center (NE...
Agatha Christie, eat your heart out. Researchers wrapping up a nearly 10-month archeological dig in Northern Ireland believe they have found eviden...
Do you and the sun have some catching up to do? NASA has released a three-year time-lapse video of our star, compiled from incredible images captur...
From the lightest material on Earth to elusive dark matter, many fascinating science stories made headlines this week. I was able to count down th...
Evolution has been a dirty word among GOP hard-liners for a long time. Now, at least, they acknowledge that it has something to do with change over time. A first step, perhaps, in becoming more evolved about evolution.
From body hacking to a two-headed bull shark, I recently had the chance to reveal some of the hottest science news that made headlines this week. I...
Here's an announcement sure to get some scientists talking: An outspoken creationist is offering thousands of dollars to anyone who can scientifically...
Police predicting crimes before they happen? We're not quite there yet, but a new brain study may help law enforcement make an educated guess about wh...
Sooner or later, marijuana legalization proponents will have to take responsibility for grossly misleading the public about the health harms of pot. To persuade people to legalize, they have to perpetuate the myth that marijuana is harmless.
Realism is the philosophical stance of most sane human beings, scientists included. An independent reality, it now appears, has become the latest casualty of quantum mechanics. The universe is nonlocal, nondeterministic, and apparently "unreal" as well.
The sequestration's full effects are not all clear, but it will severely impede scientific progress across the country, along with various public health programs.
The average teddy bear has a hard time escaping the clutches of the child who owns it. But with a little help from a helium balloon and some science-m...
Why did Neanderthals become extinct? Scientists have offered a variety of theories, from climate change and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions to interbr...
An unusually large meteorite has been discovered by an international team of researchers in Antarctica. The team, searching an area known as the Na...
A Seattle inventor plans to test his "tsunami survival capsule" with a plunge over Niagara Falls, according to the Mirror UK. Julian Sharpe, 50, ex...
This past week, the FDA approved the Argus Retinal Prosthesis System ("Argus II"), a medical device that is truly a major step forward.
A few years ago, we learned that too much TV might kill you sooner. Now, a new Harvard study is telling us excessive TV-watching could slash men's spe...
The sun recently unleashed a massive coronal mass ejection (CME), sending particles speeding toward our planet at around 575 miles per second. The ...
Iran's recent announcement about the successful launch of a small monkey into space was greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism when pictures of the...
From four-stranded DNA to radioactive fish to a disco clam, I had a chance to count down the top five science stories of the week with HuffPost Live p...
If you think the legendary "thin blue line" is stressful, you should try walking the "thin gray line" of the Whistleblower, who protect us from the insidious and frightening dangers of corporate and government miscreants.
