The Universe

Straight Answers On The 'God Particle'

Posted 01.05.2012

With all the media coverage of CERN's search for the Higgs Boson—sometimes called the 'God Particle'—it's hard to know what's really at stake. Are...

The Universe Takes on Sexual Abuse

Trish Kinney | Posted 01.21.2012

Trish Kinney

The moment I realized that the Penn State scandal was breaking, and breaking big, I knew that the universe had taken over. My prayers had been answer...

Will We Ever Figure It Out?

Seth Shostak | Posted 10.22.2011

Seth Shostak

While, it's chic to say that the human brain is the most complex thing in the universe -- perhaps the complexity of the universe could be too subtle for a three-pound brain to decipher. Ever.

Sears Vs. Willis: Whose Sculpture Is It?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building...

Why Do We Exist? Experiments Hold the Answer

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Robert Lanza, M.D.

We scientists have looked at the world for so long that we no longer challenge its reality. Here is the Universe: our sense organs perceive atoms and galaxies to some 14 billion light-years.