No, the new study about abiogenic hydrocarbons doesn't prove that oil comes from the mantle instead of organic matter decomposing for millions of years at high pressures.

Every tax season shows that not only are people ignorant about how their tax money is spent, they don't want to listen to the breakdowns. And that has serious implications for science and education.

Computer science produces popular headlines about robots and gadgets. But its most complicated and meaningful questions aren't going to make it to pop sci publications...

We know what ails us and how to solve it. We just seem unable and unwilling to take the next step and implement those fixes.

A computer just made a genuine scientific discovery. But it's creators are somewhat overselling it when they imply that it's an entity with a scientific mind.

Just because an alien invasion is very unlikely doesn't mean we shouldn't spend at least some time and effort preparing for the possibility...

Chandra Wickramasinghe lays out an elaborate theory how the agency tasked with finding proof of alien life is suppressing evidence of alien chemistry and microbes on Earth because reasons.

It's been half a century since the first human slipped into orbit around our planet. And while we've done a lot in space since then, we haven't done nearly enough.

Researchers show that far more of us than we'd admit would harm a stranger for the promise of cold, hard cash.

It makes sense for an alien species not to care about wiping out a civilization on another planet. Question is whether it would be worth the hassle.

Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.

Templeton's latest prize goes over like a lead zeppelin. They're trying to spin it as a grand PR victory anyway.

Anti-nuclear NIMBYism has not gotten better over the years. In fact, it's getting worse.

The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.

To some, Ray Kurzweil will always be a tech prophet , and they're prepared to cherry-pick his track record to sell that belief.