I have long said that science fiction on television, even when it’s bad, can serve as inspiration for a budding scientist. Heck, I watched some pretty phenomenally bad scifi TV and movies and a kid, ...

The science fiction in games and other entertainment used to be very different from real-life technology. Sci-fi creators made time machines and flying cars. But increasingly, we see the creative ...

In the midst of this atmosphere, it may seem counterintuitive to focus on joy and inspiration. But that’s exactly what we ...

Thanks to 3M for helping to bring three Nobel laureates to Minnesota for a series of events April 25 and 26 that are intended to inspire students and the next generation of scientists. Plans announced ...

Eric Choi's "Just Like Being There" is available for sale now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Eric Choi is a long-running ...

We’re big fans of science humor here at Surprising Science HQ. Some of the funniest, most innovative new comics have a science angle, whether it’s dinosaur spokescharacters, grad students toiling in a ...

How much of science is inspiration versus perspiration? Obviously, that creative spark, that new insight, that aha! moment is often crucial to producing new ideas and advancing knowledge. But, as both ...

My Ph.D. adviser is pretty great. His name is Brian Nosek, and I think he’s done more than most to make science more reliable. Over the last six years, he’s founded and expanded the Center for Open ...

The great science minds of history have provided inspirational quotes on their findings, philosophy, and understanding of the world around us. These quotes have inspired generations of young explorers ...

NEW YORK — In our first public event, Space.com featured the art of mathematician and cosmologist Ed Belbruno in a gallery showing at New York's Café Minerva — and, next door, hosted a panel ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Seattle Children's Science Inspiration Lab, a 45-foot mobile science lab, visited Spokane to provide hands-on learning for students in grades four through six. The mobile lab visits ...

In science, ideas can come from anywhere. Still, Eicke Latz was surprised to get an email in 2010 from a stranger proposing an experiment. Dr. Latz and other researchers had just published a study in ...