If you're sitting at the pub with your trivia team and a pint of beer, are you the type of person to just gulp down your drink? Or are you more likely to study the glass and try to measure its focal ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The great physicist Steven Weinberg recently ...

There are plenty of lists of ideas for what to give your geeky loved ones this holiday season. (Some of my favorites are Wired's Wish List, GeekDad's Holiday Gift Guide, the lists from Geeks are Sexy ...