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The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other scientists say about the basis for the amazing events of the film.

Childhood and adult immunizations are the focus of tomorrow’s Omaha Science Café. Dr. Ally Dering-Anderson, Clinical Assistant Professor at the UNMC…

Among the six authors who made the Booker Prize shortlist are Elizabeth Strout, NoViolet Bulawayo and Percival Everett. The winner will be announced in October.

Police have arrested three people in connection with a homicide last month outside a west Omaha nightclub.Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer announced the…

Attorneys in the trial finished questioning potential jurors around mid-day Thursday; they are also selecting four alternate jurors for the trial.

National Forensic Science Week begins Monday and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is holding a week long series of events. Edit | Remove Tracey Ray,…

On Tuesday, March 22nd, Film Streams kicks off a new series called Science on Screen. Patrick Kinney, Communications Director for Film Streams, says on…

Brian Wansink made a name for himself producing pithy, palatable studies that connected people's eating habits with cues from their environment. His data manipulation now serves as a cautionary tale.

Women are underrepresented in the top ranks of academic science, but they attend grad school in equal numbers as men. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to science correspondent Joe Palca about the disparity.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico is part of the bipartisan "Gang of Six" reaching for a compromise on the health care overhaul. But you've probably never heard of him. That's because he's a process guy who shuns microphones and works behind the scenes to make deals. NPR's Andrea Seabrook has this profile of Bingaman's role in health care.