Could one solar powered catamaran resolve environmentalists’ fear of the international shipping industry? Traveling the world by sea was once a luxury, and now it seems like a thing of the past. However,...

A private organization will invest a grant in an interstellar space travel business plan. Is it a smart move? To infinity and beyond? Not quite yet. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently...

Many students will return to school today and wonder if their minds are prepared to undertake the challenges of a new semester. Luckily, MIT neuroscientists may have detected a key component of memory...

As we say goodbye for the semester, here’s your summer itinerary for a ‘round-the-world tour of some of the planet’s scientifically coolest sites. Your world tour begins in the Daily Free Press...

In a few facilities around the world, scientists are working on the answer to a question that almost seems foolish to ask: are we wrong about the very foundations of how we define our world? The average...

Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has become a rat race to popularity - adding friends (and friends of friends), posting only the pictures that catch your good side, counting the number of likes on...

The viral video of 17-month-old twins Sam and Ren McEntee chattering away and laughing at each other in the kitchen has become a Youtube sensation, attracting more than 14 million viewers and sparking...

Myth: March is "in like a lion, out like a lamb." Result: BUSTED. It’s the typical weather forecast for the month of March: cold, brutal storms followed by eventual (and much appreciated) peaceful,...

Former NHL forward Robert Probert was a tough guy. The Detroit Redwings and Chicago Blackhawks star earned fifth place all-time in the NHL for most penalty minutes acquired, and his New York Times obituary...