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Martha Harbison, a senior editor at Popular Science and former physical chemist, introduces a new column on the science of homebrewing.

On Monday, Baumgartner will attempt a record-breaking skydive from 23 miles up. Can he pull it off? And is it just a stunt, or does it stand to benefit science?

Popular Science's editor-in-chief stars in a new National Geographic show.

How Thomson Reuters analyst David Pendlebury makes impressively accurate predictions of who will win.

A recent study finds that only 21 percent of all retracted papers were due to legitimate error rather than scientific misconduct.

The backers of the Wiki Weapons Project want to create a free, opensource digital file for printing a working handgun at home. But can they do so legally?

Forget Nixon sweating in black and white--HDTV and direct-to-audience feedback are enough for people to change their opinions. But that might not even matter.

Another study casts doubt on the famous arsenic-life findings, showing the bacterium actually grabs phosphorus wherever it can be found.

And how that compares to sending a dog or a human into orbit

How everyday engines got their boost

Drug panic followed news that Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis went on a violent rampage last week after allegedly ingesting the new designer drug 2C-I, aka "Smiles," but there are a lot of factors to consider other than a direct drug-to-violence link.

Sure, the Large Hadron Collider has another two decades of cutting-edge science left in it, but physicists are already designing the high energy experiments of the future.

The results are in from Information is Beautiful's first annual award ceremony

Carrying a male fetus found to cause microchimerism

A theoretical physicist at MIT shares what we actually know about toying with the arrow of time.

Ten amazing projects built by teens.

Following news that California has legalized autonomous cars, the legendary ex-BMW design chief Chris Bangle shares his thoughts on what's next for auto design.

Need to escape modern life? Climb inside this '70s-era DIY lair from our archives.

The claim needs to be verified by chemical authorities, but the team says it's the strongest evidence yet for the highly unstable element.