Here’s another reason why we should be glad that primates and dinosaurs are separated by tens of millions of years. They were tough. Really tough. Should those hulking brutes somehow share the modern world with us, hunting them would be an extreme...

Gerontologist and philosopher Raymond Tallis has a lengthy article browbeating neuroscience in the latest edition of New Humanist. Though he starts out by advocating caution in using neurology beyond the intended scope of the discipline and branching...

Overturning the theory of general relativity takes a lot of work as most popular science buffs know. So what’s a better way to draw in eyeballs than questioning whether Einstein’s work has finally been overturned? It’s kind of like the New Scientist...

Skeptical comic Tim Minchin does something very unusual with his craft. While most comics generally make rather clichéd jokes about dating and relationships, he uses his witty observations to promote sound science and critical thinking. Last year, his...

Slowly but surely, the nascent space tourism business is revving up. Not every company that wants to send its space planes into orbit and maybe even beyond, is going to survive, and it will take years until the industry sees profits coming in on a...