Sentient AI robots will only pose a threat to humanity if they are programmed with a survival instinct.

When I was young, my dream sci-fi gadget was a video phone. Think Mel Brooks in "Spaceballs." (If you’re old enough.) Now, there’s one...

I don’t think he did the Kessel Run at all! A bold claim, certainly, but hear me out. Let's compare that galaxy 'far, far away’ to our...

Was there really a Big Bang? Is the universe expanding as we've been told? Dive into the cosmic questions as we explore the evidence.

“Where is everybody?” asked physicist Enrico Fermi, as he lunched with several of his physicist friends. It was 1950, and he was talking...

Every now and again, an astonishing advance is made in science. However, these are not always immediately recognized or embraced as such,...

If your peanut butter does not look like this, do not eat it: If it looks like this (Skippy), it has been hydrogenated: Hydrogenation is...

You might find it as fascinating as I do that many structures in nature manifest the beautiful and ubiquitous Golden Spiral. It is one of...