Small, simple robots are making amazing leaps and bounds in evolving behavior similar to that of living things. But why? And how?

Today's cranks are more publicity savvy and sophisticated then ever, which is one of the biggest reasons not to hold back when confronting their nonsense.

While we strive to avoid contaminating alien worlds with our toughest germs, what if it's not only inevitable, but could actually lead to some good over the eons?

A study of brain cancer patients in Italy shows the neural epicenters of spiritual experiences and religious belief.

An analysis of King Tutankhamun's DNA confirms he's the son of Akhenaten and brings the short, unpleasant history of his reign into focus.

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider may have reached temperatures at which matter itself begins to melt, and found a peek at new insights into the future of computing.

After several years of sustained pushback, you'd think that creationists would find a new strategy. But they're nothing if not consistent and deaf to criticism...

DARPA's new moonshot experiment sounds like a recipe for invincible monsters straight out of a B horror movie.

Part two of the sci-fi experiment featuring a space opera built around this blog's favorite themes...

Even more than a century after Taxil exposed his revelations about our shadowy Satanic overlords as nothing more than a hoax played on the Catholic Church, conspiracy theorists have been recycling it without a second thought.

For nearly than half a century, the consensus on what makes a machine intelligent has eluded the computer science field, and it's not getting any easier with more time and new technology.

NASA's ability to hit ambitious future targets has to rely on private companies willing and eager to get to space, not traditional defense contractors.

Mike Adams' next favorite conspiracy is cold fusion and his new favorite villains are the members of the hot fusion lobby, which doesn't exist since fusion for power generation is yet to happen.

Could we use brain-machine interfaces to harden our astronauts against some of the most pressing dangers of space travel?

Ufologists seem convinced that NASA is trying to distort an image showing a gigantic alien spaceship shaped like an X floating through the solar system.