Members of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee questioned NASA’s commitment to building new hardware capable of sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit by mid-decade as directed in a hotly contested but ultimately bipartisan law the panel drafted last year. Full story
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking the FDA to ban the caramel color used in sodas and other edible items, saying the coloring causes cancer in laboratory animals. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Science professor Michio Kaku explains why many cities across the U.S. are being blanketed in record snowfall.
Science and environment expert Jeff Corwin joins TODAY's Amy Robach to discuss the effort underway in the Gulf of Mexico.
Karin Strom’s sister Coco was determined to find out what happened. Who wanted to kill Karin Strom – and why? For decades, Karin’s husband had been suspect since she filed for divorce shortly before her murder. Could modern science finally convict him?
Why it's imperative to ensure that a hurricane contingency plan is in place, with Michael Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology School of Engineering and Science dean.
Science and sport fishing join forces off the California coast for a never-before-attempted research effort to study these massive sharks. Angler Chris Fischer and National Geographic producer Michael Domeier preview “Expedition Great White.”
The watchdog group The Center for Science in the Public Interest released its annual Xtreme Eating list Tuesday, rating the highest-calorie offerings at some of the country's most popular food chains. NBC's George Lewis reports.
This chart tracks the frequency of references to various foods between 1800 and 2000. "Steak" and "sausage" are perennial favorites, overtaken first by "ice cream" , and later by two Italian imports, "pizza" and "pasta" . "Hamburger" became widespread in the 1930s, and "sushi" is just now making
See "noisy" Olympic rings and other winning images from Princeton University's 2010 Art of Science competition.
The cover of the journal Science features the partial skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species living about 4.4 million years ago in Ethiopia. The female stood about 4 feet (1.2 meters high).
Hypsiboas albomarginatus was one of the three frog species that figured in the Science study.
