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Bill Nye the Science Guy is debating creationist Ken Ham Tuesday night (Feb. 4) and you can watch it live here.

Depends on where you are. Like, a lot. It's no secret healthcare procedures often cost way more in the U.S. than they do in other countries. Healthcare costs also vary incredibly across different regions within the U.S. ...

Rare pictures taken from a research plane show the lightning-like tendrils reaching up into the sky, offering a chance to explore what sparks a sprite

The first human brain-to-brain interfacing has been used to play a video game. Hello, mind control! Researchers at the University of Washington say they've created the first non-invasive brain interface between two human...

All the latest on newscientist.com: brown dwarfs, canine conservationists, badger cull, Fukushima, the private-sector myth and more

Nearly all the documents you could want (and also not want) about New York, in one handy map The NYC Open Data initiative has dumped a ton of New York public records--school test scores, court districts, even laundromat ...

If you were worth a million dollars, you might buy a fine watch. Rolex, Breitling, Seiko, this watch might run a couple thousand dollars. If you're Jeff Bezos, you fund a 200-foot clock inside a mountain, engineered to w...

Could your pet be a super-sleuth? Hyperactive canines are using their noses to help conserve rare and endangered species (full text available to subscribers)

The United States is home to some 4,000 native bee species. In this video, entomologist Claudio Gratton explores whether these wild pollinators can keep agriculture buzzing as honeybee populations struggle to survive.

Using laser-scanning techniques, the Science Museum in London has created a faithful virtual tour of its shipping gallery, which shut last year

Drone pilots are remote but not detached. The cover story for the Atlantic's September issue reveals a surprising truth: drone warfare is more like The Truman Show than Terminator. In the future, autonomous robots might ...

A twist on this physics principle can detect rotation in tornadoes, planets and more

A controversial pilot trial to cull badgers has begun in England, in the hope that it will prevent the animals from spreading bovine tuberculosis

The ALMA observatory has stopped taking data due to a worker's strike spurred by the extreme conditions in Chile's remote Atacama desert