Paul Rothemund is a senior research fellow at the Computation and Neural Systems department at Caltech. He is well known for DNA nanotechnology and synthetic biology for his pioneering work ...

Researchers at NASA, Caltech, and the Arecibo Observatory have predicted that the asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass close to earth in 2029 and 2036. It is estimated to pass 18 ...

Originally premiering September 24, 2007, The Big Bang Theory is a popular television comedy show that airs on CBS. The sitcom was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.http ...

Starting near the Salton Sea in southern California and running northward to Mendocino Triple Junction, the San Andreas Fault is a crack in the earth where the Pacific plate meets ...

5.2 million people in Southern California participated in an organized earthquake drill. The earthquake preparedness event was called the Great Southern California ShakeOut.Los Angeles Times: Earthquake drill aims ...

Dark matter is a hard-to-detect substance that is believed to make up a large part of the known universe. It is called "dark" because it does not emit or reflect ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC ...