
Today the space shuttle Endeavour is making its final liftoff. Here's why that shouldn't sadden you a bit.

When scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system that could sustain life, people wasted no time telling the aliens how we feel.

Can we get electricity for Earth by putting solar panels in space? A new analysis suggests that one of the major problems can actually be overcome.

The space agency just announced that the last shuttle mission would be in June. How is NASA going to use its resources now?

If you still think space is the final frontier, here's some advice

Meet Thiel's inaugural class of super-elite "20 Under 20" fellowship recipients.

In the 1960s, the effort to put a man on the moon focused the nation around an audacious goal. It's high time for another big problem-solving push.

What people in different countries believe about the possibility of aliens walking among us.

A new restaurant explores the way genetically-engineered one-and-a-half foot tall humans might cook, eat, and farm.
Back in March Cliff Kuang wrote about the Mars 500, a simulator that will put a crew of six men in a small ship replica in a warehouse on the...
The wonderful people at Geniustown recently posted Colin Rich's incredible "Pacific II," which shows how duct-taping two used cameras to a...
Much is made of choosing a college based on class size or its ratio of students to faculty. We thought we'd examine something a little...

It took 10 years to map our local universe out to 380 million light years, but the resulting image is amazing.

Six days, 48 writers—from space archaeologists to music bloggers, plus everything in between—and one topic: what makes food so interesting?

Watch footage of an adorable LEGO space shuttle climbing its way to outer space.

Your handy bookmark-able guide to the all-you-can-read extravaganza of ideas, stories, opinions, and proposals that was GOOD's Food for Thinkers week.

It's Jules Verne's 183rd birthday and the works of the classic French author are more relevant than ever to the 21st century lives of U.S. students.