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For an April Fool's prank, one of our readers created a burning sauropod
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In the wake of the financial crisis, New York's financial district is getting something new: full-time residents
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The eminent biologist argues in a controversial new book that our Stone Age emotions are still at war with our high-tech sophistication
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What were the largest species of all time? Does the Tyrannosaurus rex make the list?
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Experts battle each other over a $350 million plan to keep the tiger from becoming extinct
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Neal Stephenson created the Hieroglyph Project to convince sci-fi writers to stop worrying and learn to love the future
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Forty years after the release of the groundbreaking study, were the concerns about overpopulation and the environment correct?
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In the 1950s and '60s, the newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap American utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers
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The "transhumanist" movement says better technology will enable you to replace more and more body parts—even your brain
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According to past predictions, we should be living in an era of flying cars and other marvels. But be glad that some advances haven't happened
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The celebrated science fiction writer and author of Tomorrow Now, explains why you don't need to be clairvoyant to predict the future
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In Colombia, the fossil of a gargantuan snake has stunned scientists, forcing them to rethink the nature of prehistoric life
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A new survey of a slice of the distant reaches of the universe reveals 200,000 galaxies
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When I decided to get my first science tattoo, the choice was clear—it had to be Allosaurus
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New artificial intelligence programs can analyze data sets to produce news articles that mimic the human voice
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Saturn's Enceladus is spurting water vapor, organic material and salt—a microbe-friendly composition
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A new investigation of the famous fossils that went missing during World War II suggests that the bones may be buried beneath a parking lot in China
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