Sweet Briar’s 2026 Shared Book highlights women in science as author Melissa Sevigny joins campus as the Waxter ...

Carl Grillmair, who is revered in the astronomy field for discovering water on a distant planet, was shot and killed Monday ...

A 29-year-old man was behind bars Friday, held in lieu of $3.175 million bail in connection with the shooting death of a renowned Caltech scientist at the researcher’s home in a remote part of the ...

Carl Grillmair was a Caltech scientist focusing on dark matter, galactic structure, stellar populations, and exoplanets.

Carl Grillmair’s work included research using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and focused on galactic structure, dark matter and stellar populations.

A 67-year-old man fatally shot in the unincorporated Antelope Valley community of Llano was a Caltech research scientist, the institution confirmed Thursday. The shooting was reported about 6:10 a.m.

On The Life of Her Mind, Mia Wood talks with Dr. Suanna Crowley on applied anthropology, science careers, and a viral discovery campaign reaching billions.

Prof. Joseph Halpern, computer science, died on Friday. Halpern taught at Cornell for 30 years, having received multiple ...

Ancient bones from France reveal that Neolithic wars may have ended in ritualized executions and trophy-taking. The evidence suggests violence was staged to display dominance and unite communities.

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the first drilling at Mount Rushmore, the iconic American landmark in South Dakota.

It’s a fair question, since Alfred Tennyson is typically associated with the sort of sonorous, ringing verse you’d expect ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...