Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the wonders of the universe as she is. When she's not daydreaming about flying through space, she's daydreaming ...

Even before the invention of the periodic table, which might be the world’s best-known infographic, scientists have known that their complex findings are often best conveyed visually. In contemporary ...

Studying the ways in which nonhuman animals sense their world is a most awe-inspiring area of research. Not surprinsgly, there are vast differences in the sensory capacities among animals that are ...

We’ve always been amazed by the courage and folly of trying to climb a 20,000 foot mountain just because it’s there. Which is why we were delighted to find this elegantly designed infographic, by ...

Democracy watchdog organization Freedom House has released its annual ranking of the world's most free and suppressed nations, finding that 2020 marked the 15th consecutive decline of global freedom.

Established companies get most of the attention, but startup companies are where the world gets its best ideas. Startup companies are the embodiment of the entrepreneurial spirit that built America.

Listen, we get it. Thor: The Dark World is out today, but you don’t know your Svartalfheim from your Jotunheim. You’re pretty clear on Asgard, sure -- it’s the shiny one where Anthony Hopkins lives.

The amount of food in storage around the world is on the rise, but stocks are still historically low. In 2013, global grain stocks held 502 million metric tons, an amount equal to 21 percent of the ...