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Test your knowledge with the second annual KQED QUEST Science Blogs Bay Area Geological Holiday Quiz.

Snacking at the wrong time of day interrupts the body's food clock. Blue-spectrum light and weird work schedules can easily interfere with our bodies’ master clocks, but did you know that food can, too? All those ...

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PopSci predicts the top news stories of the next year. Black Hole Chows Down A giant blob of gas headed directly for the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy could begin to drop into the abyss mid-year, bl...

Science steps up its game in the world of health and medicine.

Science steps up its game in the world of health and medicine. These innovations in health and medicine will save lives and improve healthcare.

From seven minutes of terror to Bradbury Landing to cookie dough, NASA's Mars rovers had a big year. Click to launch the photo gallery We are bidding farewell to an epic year for space explorers, who for the past 12 mont...

Watch a microscopic mob devour a pig carcass underwater, as we reach number 5 in our best videos of the year.

Correctly match up 16 pairs of science-inspired images and enter a draw to win a state-of-the-art Olympus E-PL5 digital camera

The upcoming round of consoles promises to deliver a far more immersive video-gaming experience, with super-high-definition and multi-screen action