Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: As the seismic rumbling continues in Reno, earthquake experts — and "earthquake sensitives" — assess the chances that a Bigger One is on the way.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Political prediction markets are punishing Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in the wake of this week's primaries.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The weather outlook for this month's touchdown of the Phoenix Mars Lander calls for a spring thaw — and maybe Martian mini-tornadoes as well.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The schedule is taking shape for the startup of the world's biggest particle-smasher in July — as well as for the lawsuit seeking to shut it down.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A machine-shop plasma device is likely to show whether or not the technology will produce cheap fusion power, the research team's leader says.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The federal government explains why they'll ask a judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming that the world's biggest particle collider could destroy the world.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan started out wanting to tell a simple, scary story with his latest effort, "The Happening" — but in the process, the movie's message ...
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: GOP presidential candidate John McCain wants to jump-start the next generation of plug-in electric vehicles — but will his $300 million plan catch fire?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: In a blizzard of court filings, the federal government calls on a judge to throw out a court challenge to the world's largest particle collider.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The author of "Death by Black Hole" explains why big black holes are scary, while tiny black holes aren't that big a deal.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The X Prize Foundation and BT (a.k.a. British Telecom) strike a deal that will give the foundation $7 million for operating expenses, plus access to BT’s experts as ...
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Ruins uncovered upriver from the Great Pyramids shed light on the economic foundations supporting ancient Egypt's rich and famous.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: What good is a microscopic black hole, anyway? One of the physicists behind the latest report on the theoretical phenomenon explains it all for you.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Jewish scripture inked on a stone tablet hints at a messiah that rises from the dead after three days — but the find sparks more questions than answers.
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: If dinosaurs had feathers, what pigments were in their plumage? A new twist in fossil analysis promises to reveal a dinosaur’s true colors.
