In an era when math and mathematicians have become sexy again, come to the Exploratorium and gather around the Pi Shrine to perform pi-related rites and eat ritual food -- will it be apple pie or pizza pie or just pie in the sky? -- in honor of this special number.

The National Science Foundation today released the latest statistics on women, minorities and persons with disabilities in science and engineering. The report focuses on education and employment statistics for these groups.

A white descendant of Francis Barber"Å¡ the African/Caribbean servant of lexicologist"Å¡ Dr Samuel Johnson and the BBC TV Apprentice winner Tim Campbell discover their ancestral history live on the night

Bishop Museum 's third annual Mad About Science Day will be held Saturday, March 31, 2007 , from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the Great Lawn and surrounding areas throughout the Museum campus. From earth sciences to medical sciences, to out-of-this-world space sciences, kids and their parents will enjoy dozens of activities to explore and discover.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded Bishop Museum with a $290,000 grant over eighteen months to study climate change planning and mitigation to help stem the threats of global warming.

The largest climate change in central North America since the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a temperature drop of nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit, is documented within the fossilized teeth of horses and other plant-eating mammals, a new study reveals.

The Marian Koshland Science Museum invites the general public to attend its upcoming program of winter events. From the chance to explore intersections of technology and culture with Internet artist Jonathan Harris, to a discussion of how DNA evidence can explain the past, visitors will have the opportunity to explore some of theways that science, medicine, and technology touch our lives.

An organelle called the nucleolus resides deep within the cell nucleus and performs one of the cell's most critical functions: it manufactures ribosomes, the molecular machines that convert the genetic information carried by messenger RNA into proteins that do the work of life.