Science

The current science standards have been in place since 1997.

A team of engineering and science students from Louisiana Tech University is preparing to compete, again, in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas. It's being held in Houston April 25-27.

The 15-year search for a pill that boosts sexual desire in women has hit another roadblock, raising questions about the future of efforts to develop a female equivalent to Viagra.

Today is the spring equinox, also known as the beginning of the spring season.  That means summer is just around the corner!

Normally, we are used to seeing water, snow, and sometimes ice falling from the sky.  But what's the deal with all this talk on asteroids and meteors?  Many probably wonder what is the exact difference between all of these different types of space matter.

Turn your speakers down! If you haven't heard, there's a 150 foot asteroid that's coming close to planet earth. According to the entire internet, a meteor hit Russia on Friday (Feb. 15). Around 950 folks were injured.

What do you want to see in Sci-Port's future? That's what the staffers want to know. And a Community Steering Survey is set up on the science center's website for that very purpose.

When you’re trying to lose weight by cutting down on your food intake your brain  is busy chomping down — on itself.

If you weren’t vegetarian before, perhaps it’s time to make the switch. Scientists in Japan have now created a way to synthesize “beef steaks” from human feces. The discovery was made after a Tokyo sewage plant approached scientists, asking them if they could figure out a way to utilize all the sewage sludge lying around.

It's about time, right? According London's Telegraph newspaper, woolly mammoths could be walking the Earth as soon as five years from now. Japanese scientists announced their intention this week to use cloning technology to bring back the ancient beast.