For the first time, a toxic substance associated with fish kills was detected in Florida's Hillsborough River, drawing ...

From automated cat shelters to unique video game controllers, a quick look online reveals a treasure trove of Raspberry Pi projects that sit somewhere between mad science and marvels of engineering.

A waitress from small-town Ohio is unwittingly ensnared in her jet-setting twin sister’s international jewelry heist scheme — and ends up falling for the dashing Interpol agent who’s tracking down her ...

US Drill bit makers are shifting to steel as tungsten prices surge Tungsten prices have jumped to about $3,000 per metric ton from $600 in October Drill bit spending could rise by $1 billion this year ...

"Project Hail Mary" is a modern sci-fi hit that explores how a sun might die and how the human race could find a way to survive in that hypothetical scenario. In the film, fictional microorganisms ...

Some writers focus on moral subtext in their works. Others, an overarching lesson. But for Andy Weir, there’s only one driving approach to creating his bestselling novels: science first. “There’s ...

NEW YORK – I should’ve known bringing Andy Weir to a science museum was like bringing a kid to a candy store and asking them to keep their hands in their pockets. The book may be dense with what ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

Ryan Gosling’s newest costar is high-maintenance, had an entourage around him at all times and required his own wardrobe department on set. He’s also a space alien. “He is in the hotel right now in ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

In Project Hail Mary, Dr. Ryland Grace is a humble schoolteacher who one day awakens to find he’s been launched into space as humanity’s last hope for survival. Given the meteoric rise to fame of ...