As the year draws to a close, we take a look at some of the biggest science stories of the year, and why they matter.

31/Atlas remains a mystery as it draws nearer to our planet, reaching its closest point next week, but the European Space Agency claims to have caught vital new clues with an x-ray camera. The ...

Eggman’s “Death Ray” doesn’t kill - it shrinks. When Sonic and his friends end up the size of action figures, survival means dodging spiders, crazy robots, and Eggman’s ego all at once. Now, with the ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. It has been almost one year since Joe Abraham ...

For pay, Mike Bushroe analyzes data from Jupiter's largest moon; for fun, he designs solar death rays. The day job, as senior software engineer for the Descent Imager Spectral Radiometer (DISR) on the ...

The armed suspect accused of wounding multiple officers in a gas station shootout after allegedly firing on a 61-year-old man in an earlier, seemingly random shooting has been identified as an illegal ...

The year ahead promises new books from George Saunders, Colson Whitehead, Ann Patchett, Ruth Ozeki, Jesmyn Ward and more ...

The Wheel, The Masked Singer, Mrs Brown’s Boys... these days, Christmas Day can feel a bit of a cultural wasteland ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the most distant supernova ever observed, offering new ...

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the last post-credits scene in Thor: The Dark World. We like Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and ...

There are 120 Minor League Baseball teams, and they each play approximately 70 home games a year. In the interest of not ...