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The private spaceflight firm SpaceX will try to build the world's first completely reusable rocket and spaceship, a space travel method that could open the gates of Mars for humanity, the company's milionaire CEO Elon Musk announced Thursday (Sept. 29).

By Krittivas Mukherjee and Michael Szabo NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) - European Union plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions are "discriminatory" and violate global laws, a group of 26 countries including the United States and China said in a joint declaration released by the Indian government on Friday.

By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear regulator said on Friday it has sent a letter to Dominion Resources laying out the requirements for the restart of the company's quake-rattled North Anna nuclear plant.

Recently, we’ve noted that a public composed mostly of non-scientists may find itself asked to trust scientists , in large part because members of that public are not usually in a position to make all their own scientific knowledge.

By Kate McAlpine of Nature magazine Diagram of 1630 Halo by Christoph ScheinerA print of a diagram that was feared lost details the astonishing halo effects seen over Rome in 1630.Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenb

Vast deposits of rare earth elements and critical minerals found in Afghanistan by U.S. [More]

Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids by Christian Ziegler. University of Chicago Press, 2011 [More]

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - At least 150 people in Cambodia and southern Vietnam have died in the worst flooding along the Mekong River in 11 years after heavy rain swamped homes, washed away bridges and forced thousands of people to evacuate. [More]

By Yoko Kubota TOKYO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Japan will let children and [More]

Did scientists and public officials encourage residents of L'Aquila to let their guard down prior to a tragic April 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people in that central Italian city? That is what an Italian court will consider Saturday as it resumes an unprecedented manslaughter trial of six Italian geophysicists and one former government official. [More]

Reprinted from The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet’s Most Successful Mammals , by Kelly Lambert, Ph.D., by arrangement with Perigee, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Copyright

To catch a neutrino (MINOS) For a ghostly type of particle, oblivious to even the massive bulk of a star or planet, neutrinos sure can generate a fuss.

Makers of the microchips found in smartphones, tablets and other gadgets are figuring out something that urban planners learned a long time ago--when you can no longer build out, you need to build up. [More]

If you look at the comments on my last post , it seems like everyone agrees that scientists should be more active online. But when I gave my talk last week, I was hardly met with open arms by the scientists themselves. The grad students were mostly on board, but the tenured faculty were more hesitant

Like two blockbuster summer movies vying for the same audience Apple and Amazon are making major product announcements a week apart.