SpaceX's historic launch: By the numbers
May 21, 2012, at 5:20 PMOn Tuesday the first privately owned spacecraft ever will (again) attempt to blast off and deliver goods to the International Space Station
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The ambitious plan to build Star Trek's USS Enterprise
May 16, 2012, at 7:40 AMOne adventurous engineer makes a compelling case to boldly build what no man has built before. Could the crazy thing actually work?
SpaceX: Should we cheer private space flight?
May 14, 2012, at 10:42 AMWith the first privately-owned spacecraft heading for the International Space Station on May 19, space enthusiasts argue that it's time to stop mourning NASA's decline
Dopamine: The difference between slackers and go-getters?
May 4, 2012, at 7:41 AMA brain neurotransmitter also known as "the pleasure chemical" may play a crucial role in determining a person's work ethic
The dark matter pelting your body right now: A guide
May 3, 2012, at 7:38 AMGroundbreaking research suggests the universe's most mysterious substance is hitting the human body at a much higher rate than previously thought
Why so few people are left-handed
April 27, 2012, at 3:40 PMRight-handers have long accounted for 90 percent of the population, and scientists may have figured out why
NASA's dwindling budget: Why has America stopped reaching for the stars?
April 27, 2012, at 12:35 PMSpace travel inspires us to dream about tomorrow, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. So why did we give up?
Coming soon: Waterproof magnetic paper?
April 25, 2012, at 2:12 PMThanks to a breakthrough from Italian scientists, your wallpaper might one day be magnetic, and you might even be able to swim with your favorite book
Asteroid mining: Is there money to be made in space?
April 23, 2012, at 1:47 PMJames Cameron, Google's top brass, and Ross Perot's son are betting big that there's platinum in the heavens. Are they delusional or brilliant?
The space shuttle Discovery's bittersweet final flight over D.C.
April 17, 2012, at 5:25 PMNASA's oldest surviving shuttle, mounted on top of a Boeing 747, cruises at low altitude over cheering onlookers in the capital as it makes its last journey
Are there human remains at the Titanic wreck site?
April 16, 2012, at 2:45 PMAbout 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank 100 years ago. Most of the bodies were never recovered, but some say there are remains near the ship
Coming soon: A telescope that crunches more data than the entire internet?
April 4, 2012, at 3:40 PMAn international team of astronomers imagines an enormous system of space telescopes stretching for thousands of kilometers above the Earth
Why conservatives increasingly distrust science: 4 theories
April 2, 2012, at 2:02 PMThe Right has far less faith in the conclusions of scientists than it did in the 1970s. What's making conservatives so skeptical?
The gigantic solar tornado that could devour five Earths
March 30, 2012, at 4:53 PMSolar Dynamics Laboratory videotapes a twister — large enough to destroy our planet — stretching out from the sun's surface
James Cameron's 'eerie' deepest-sea odyssey
March 26, 2012, at 6:19 PMThe Academy Award-winning director made an unprecedented voyage to the deepest point under the sea. What did he find?
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