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Study shows growth in second screen users

Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that illustrates the explosive growth in people who watch TV while connected to social media on smartphones and tablets.

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NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system

NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system

The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed.

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NASA: Closest planet to sun, Mercury, harbors ice

Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole — on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.

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BBC: The age we made, part four

In the last part of the BBC series, Gaia Vince looks at cities and manufactured goods and how they will be fossilized in the geological record.

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When religious beliefs collide with science

When religious beliefs collide with science

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., drew scrutiny when he answered a question about the age of the earth. "I'm not a scientist," he said.

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Microsoft ads deride Google as bad place to shop

Microsoft ads deride Google as bad place to shop

Microsoft is trying to skewer Google as a lousy holiday shopping guide in its latest attempt to divert more traffic to its Bing search engine.

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Minn. Guard readies moon rock handoff

Minnesota is preserving a handful of historically significant rock fragments collected by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the first moon landing.

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Should food be treated like an addictive drug?

Should food be treated like an addictive drug?

During Thanksgiving dinner, did you have a second, third or fourth piece of pumpkin pie because you "couldn't" help yourself? More researchers in food addiction today are crossing paths with those who study drug addiction.

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Ask a Neuroscientist: Sleeping and functioning skills

Ask a Neuroscientist: Sleeping and functioning skills

This is the seventh in an occasional series called 'Ask a Neuroscientist.' Today, we take audience-submitted questions to Paul Zak, the founding director of the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies at Claremont Graduate University and author of "The Moral Molecule," to learn more about how the brain works.
by Tom Weber

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Dark matter detector nearing activation in SD mine

Dark matter detector nearing activation in SD mine

Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their more than $300 million experiment and say they may be ready to begin collecting data as early as February.

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