Some of the best horror films are inspired by true events. Take, for example, 1974’s blockbuster hit “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” which was based on the life and crimes of killer Ed Gein in the ...

Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflight missions, announced today the extensive suite of science and research experiments the crew and SpaceX will conduct throughout ...

Researchers view Bikini Atoll on a map during a scientific seminar organized aboard the USS Chilton, part of the 1947 Bikini Resurvey Project. Credit: University of Washington: Special Collections ...

Scientists have trained a computer made from living human neurons to play the classic video game Doom, marking a strange but important step forward in biological computing. A clump of roughly 200,000 ...

The five most expensive science experiments ever conducted in history.

The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, including Operation Teapot in 1955. One was Eldridge Jones, who later ...