Science

Ingenious Minds

AOL Co-Founder Steve Case Talks With Smithsonian Geologist John Grant About the Search for Life on Mars

Scientists Are About to Redefine the Kilogram and Shake Up Our System of Measures

Why Walking on Legos Hurts More Than Walking on Fire or Ice

New Research

With Humans Out of the Way, Humpbacks Are Flourishing—But So Are Orcas

Prehistoric Angolan “Sea Monsters” Take Up Residence at the Natural History Museum

Ingenious Minds

Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller on Understanding Our Place in the Universe

Major Disease Outbreak Strikes California Sea Lions

Optical Tweezers Give Scientists a Tool to Test the Laws of Quantum Mechanics

World’s Oldest-Known Figurative Paintings Discovered in Borneo Cave

Women Who Shaped History

The Archaeologist Who Helped Mexico Find Glory in Its Indigenous Past