Why can we send people to the moon but still can’t predict the weather? (video)

Science has come a long, long way in the past 100 years. So why can't tell which way the wind is going to blow in an hour?

Check out this time lapse video showing all Curiosity’s work on Mars so far

The real hero here is Karl Sanford, the enthusiastic fan who took the time to put it all together. On the YouTube page for the clip, he says, "This is my first attempt at this process and hope to update and refine these videos as more data becomes available."

Good deed for the day: Check out these insect pics to help a museum project

"We need you to help us transcribe that data and make it available for further use in biodiversity and conservation research. Along the way, you will possibly be finding species that have never been observed anywhere else!"

Some sucker just paid $1.5M to fly into space with Leo DiCaprio

Virgin Galactic SpacePlaneTwo ticket prices have increased from $200,000 to $250,000 this year, but apparently DiCaprio makes the whole experience worth around $1.25 million more. Now we know the value of one of his aging-but-still-dimpled smiles.

Video robotics company Swivl raises $500K

Swivl is a sort of Roomba for Facetime. It swivels (hence the name) to track a speaker and capture video without the need for a dedicated cameraman. It's especially useful in modern, video-enabled classrooms for online education.

How the web & apps are changing your brain

If you've ever spent more than 30 seconds thinking about it, you probably already assume that Google sort of acts as an external hard drive for your own gray matter. But does that mean we're getting dumber? Or just that we're thinking smarter, not harder?

19-year-old Romanian wins Intel science fair with cheap, self-driving car tech

For his entry in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, this teen created a realistic design for a car like Google's self-driving cars. The big difference is that his version would be viable around the world, not just in super-rich enclaves like Silicon Valley.

NASA tech chief takes to Reddit for a spacey ‘Ask Me Anything’ session

He developed some of the coolest aerospace tech around. One of his experiments is on the International Space Station. He's a Cornell prof. And now, he's taking your questions on Reddit. We love the Internet.

Genomics startup NanoString files for IPO in spite of consistent losses

Not content with the research side, NanoString places a lot of emphasis on its technology's usefulness in clinical settings for present-day patient care. Unfortunately, one of the biggest risk factors for this IPO is the company's consistent losses.

An inside look at the world’s newest quantum computing and nanotechnology center

“We are trying to be the first to build the quantum computer,” says Crow. "When we do it, and we will do it eventually, it’s going to be bigger than the moon landing.”

You need to see this incredible music video from the International Space Station

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has charmed us from the International Space Station with music before. But his latest (and last) song from the ISS is a rousing cover of David Bowie's classic "Space Oddity," and the stunning visuals alongside it match the tune perfectly.

‘Big data’ can predict weather up to 40 days into the future

EarthRisk Technologies has developed a new model for predicting extreme weather events based on 60 years of data and 82 billion calculations.

Lockheed Martin’s new ADAM laser ready to unleash HEL on the battlefield (literally)

ADAM is a bad-boy 10-kilowatt laser that is trailer-mounted, tracks targets up to 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) away, and destroys targets up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away with its HEL beam.

NASA will turn astronauts into farmers for long-term Mars missions

To make it worth the substantial cost of shipping greenhouses, lighting, and other necessary equipment to the red planet, the missions need to be very long in duration -- as long as 15 or even 20 years.

78K people have signed up for a one-way trip to Mars

"This is turning out to be the most desired job in history," said Mars One founder Bas Lansdorp. “Mars One is a mission representing all humanity will be justified only if people from the entire world are represented. I’m proud that this is exactly what we see happening."

Solar ‘ring of fire’ eclipse coming this Thursday and Friday

"Ring of fire" means different things to different people depending on whether they love Johnny Cash or buy Preparation H, but to solar astronomers, it means an annular eclipse.