560 articles on Science

  • What Finding the Higgs Boson Means
    There has been a rise in speculation from the international physics community about the contents of a press conference that has been called by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to be held at 9am Geneva time (3am EST) on July 4, 2012. Physicists expect that the announcement will be positive proof of the Higgs boson particle and a successful mission for the team. The anticipation reached a frenzied state yesterday when scientists from the Tevatron at Fermilab in Illinois announced that they had found significant supporting evidence for the existence of the Higgs boson.
    07.03.12
  • Pentagon's Brain-Powered Videogames Might Treat PTSD
    Soldiers and veterans looking to alleviate the devastating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder might soon have a new way to help themselves. Strangely, it involves using their gray matter to control a videogame.
    07.03.12
  • Aim High: 10 of the World's Most Impressive Paper Planes
    Back in elementary school, paper planes were a distraction. They were the class clown¿s preferred weapon and the bane of teachers everywhere. But some creators took their school-time shenanigans to the pro level, becoming aeronautical engineers, origami artists, world champions, and record setters. From the biggest to the trickiest to the most intricately designed, here are 10 of the most impressive paper planes on the planet.
    07.03.12
  • The Chemistry of Fireworks
    My family loves going to watch fireworks on the Fourth of July. Who doesn't? And our friends at ByteSize Science have a new video explaining how all those different colors are produced. (Did you know they put in extra stuff to make the boom?) The video features a demonstration by fireworks expert John A. Conkling, of Washington College in Maryland, who literally wrote the book on The Chemistry of Pyrotechnics. ByteSize Science is produced by the American Chemical Society.
    07.03.12
  • News Round-Up: Meat, Superbugs, Denmark And Big Food
    I was off-line for a week with family issues, and while I was gone, news broke out. (It senses your absence, news does. This is the real reason why coups and major foodborne outbreaks happen in August.) So while I dive into the bigger stories that seem to be happening -- and get some fun summer ...
    07.02.12
  • Inspiring Teacher: Mister Craig New
    Craig New has been inspiring students at Lake Cowichan Secondary School for over two decades, passing on his love of math and science.
    06.27.12
  • Measuring and Visualizing Interdisciplinarity
    Being interdisciplinary¿combining two different fields and doing some interesting research¿is very hot right now. But it's not always easy to measure. Recently, scientists have begun trying to quantify interdisciplinarity and how it works. For example, for more research that explores the quantitative exploration of interdisciplinarity in science, I highly recommend the work of Carl Bergstrom, such ...
    06.26.12
  • Women in Technology: Get With the Picture
    As a woman in technology, I hear a lot about the lack of women in the field. While I was in college I noticed that I was usually the only female in the class. My teachers treated me the same and the guys never cared. After I graduated and I started attending events like Microsoft¿s annual Tech Ed, I realized just how much of a minority we are. The thing that keeps catching my attention, though, is how much of an issue people want to make out of it.
    06.26.12
  • Climate Studies Show: Somali Pirates Take Summer Vacations, Too
    It's the first full week of summer, which most of us are probably thinking about how to get away to escape the heat, relax, and maybe hit a wave or two. Well, it turns out that Somali pirates take a summer break, too ¿ but for different reasons.
    06.25.12
  • Science: It's a Girl Thing Where Models and Science Don't Meet
    I think it is incredibly important to encourage girls to get involved with science, engineering, math and technology (STEM). Looking just at the screen snap above, I would have laughed it off as a poor attempt at trying to appeal to girls. Then I sat and watched the full ad released by the European Commission as part of campaign to attract girls to STEM careers. Go ahead and watch it... I'll wait.
    06.25.12
  • Bold Pitches for Government Sci-Fi
    What if other government agencies followed NASA's contrail and hired sci-fi scribes to scope out the future? Wired asks some of the world's greatest speculative fiction novelists to pitch a book to the bureaucracy of their choice.
    06.22.12
  • 2nd Annual First Lego League Global Innovation Award Turns Ideas Into Reality
    Last Fall, First Lego League teams of kids ages 9-16 were challenged to research the problem of food contamination and develop solutions that would make food safer. Teams from over 60 countries then submitted their ideas which received nearly a million votes that narrowed it down to just four finalists.
    06.21.12
  • Tour the Tomb of NASA's First and Last Nuclear Reactor
    A gallery of images showing NASA's first and only nuclear reactor, which was built in the 1960s to research nuclear-powered airplanes, then eventually nuclear-powered space rockets. After being decommissioned in 1973, the site was demolished this year.
    06.21.12
  • The Rich Legacy of Alan Turing
    Alan Turing achieved more in the space of a few decades than anyone could hope to achieve in a lifetime. Here, Wired breaks down some of the most significant contributions Turing made to modern science.
    06.18.12


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