While millions of ordinary American citizens in 20 states and the nation's Capitol can legally purchase medical marijuana at the nearest dispensary and those living in Washington state and Colorado can purchase the drug recreationally, scientists and researchers find themselves out of the loop.
When "Family Guy" creator and funny-man Seth MacFarlane announced that he along with famed astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson were working on bringing back the revolutionary 1980s PBS series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" it certainly raised some eyebrows.
The National Geographic reported on Feb. 24 that scientists believe the "blueberries" NASA's Opportunity rover found on Mars in 2004 are not geological evidence of ancient water.
Stanford and UC Berkeley joined forces with UC Los Angeles and the California Institute of Technology, forming the California Alliance for Education and Professoriate (CAEP). In partnership, the institutions, intend to tackle minority under-representation in math and science Ph.D. programs, and in faculty positions.
DNA extracted from the remains of a 7,000 year old man's tooth has helped researchers find out more information about our ancestors, a study published by the Nature journal reports.
While a female presence is predominant online, there is still a lot more work to do to encourage young women, including aspiring Latinas, to study in the field of computer science and later enter in the tech-related workforce.
Bill Nye "The Science Guy" became popular enough in the 90's to be a household name for years to come, but we hadn't heard from him too much until recently
NASA recently spotted a huge space in Milky Way that appears to be a black hole spitting out food. Based on the latest observations by space experts, about 99 percent of gas gets thrown back right at space by the black hole.
