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By Cheril LeeOmaha, NE – The Lincoln Science Cafe continues this evening with a presentation by Dr. Ally Dering-Anderson.Dr. Dering-Anderson is a clinical…

By Cheril LeeOmaha, NE – This evening's Omaha Science Cafe focuses on Impact One.The community-based organization helps Omaha residents with gang…

The motivation for flying with other birds in V formation is probably to save energy, say researchers who tracked the pattern of wing flaps in an ibis flock. Each bird in the V catches a bit of lift from the bird ahead.

Deborah Harkness combines serious academic research with occult romance in her novels, the latest of which is Shadow of Night.

At the next Omaha Science Café, Dr. Alena Balasanova will talk about opioids and addiction. Balasanova is the Director of Addictions Education at the…

The 6-year-old boy feared lost after a hot-air balloon he was believed to be traveling in came down has been found safe in his home. The balloon was owned by the boy's parents; it was tethered behind their house.

There were robots everywhere at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington this past weekend. Robots shot baskets. There was a wheeled R2-D2 robot at the CIA's booth. And then there were surgical robots that let future doctors — and patients — try their hand at tasks requiring pinpoint accuracy.

Armed with a Ph.D from Columbia University, Ousmane Ndiaye wants to tell farmers when the rain will (and won't) fall. But he's the first to say he's not always right.

A highway bridge carrying I-35 West traffic over the Mississippi River collapsed during rush hour on Wednesday night. Guests discuss the current status of the recovery efforts in Minneapolis and the health of the United States' infrastructure.

Mario Livio's new book profiles five brilliant scientists and thinkers who, despite their seminal contributions to our understanding of the world, were also wrong about some big questions. Commentator Adam Frank says Livio's engaging work highlights how the collective process that is science always gets it right in the end.