Russian House celebrates "Yuri's Night"

04.12.13

Yuri's Night is part of a worldwide celebration to commemorate and celebrate manned spaceflight and space exploration, with April 12 marking the first flight of Cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet

Girlstart's SpringFest

Girlstart STEM Center

04.20.13

Seeking to promote and foster science, technology, engineering, and math education amongst young girls, Girlstart will hold its SpringFest as a free chance for families to experience live demos and

Weekend Roundup

Our top weekend event picks: Go to the rodeo, hang out with NASA and more

By Aleksander Chan

03.08.13 | 10:44 am

It’s here. It’s happening right now. SXSW is on in earnest through next week, and if you want to do anything anywhere remotely close to downtown, be prepared for people, people and more ...

Erth: Dinosaur petting zoo

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

02.26.13 - 03.03.13

Experience an amazing selection of dinosaurs and creatures that inhabited the earth millions of years ago. Children have the opportunity to feed, water and care for these marvelous creatures in an

Tim Samaras: Chasing Tornadoes

The Long Center for the Performing Arts

01.28.13

For more than 20 years, Samaras has been following his passion of chasing storms to better understand and predict their path. In this riveting presentation, Samaras shares dramatic footage from his

Winter Break Camp at Austin Nature and Science Center

01.02.13 - 01.04.13

For kids on holiday break from school, science learning, outdoor exploration and playing at the Austin Nature and Science Center. Experienced staff lead campers in exploring astronomy, chemistry, g

Diaries from the robot uprising

Not-so-human touch: UTA engineers teach robots how to feel through sensory-laden skin

By Jonathan Rienstra

12.16.12 | 12:50 pm

Engineers at UT Arlington’s Research Institute (UTARI) recently won a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund a project to help robots feel pressure, pain, tem ...

Science FTW

UT Austin astronomers discover largest black hole in history with a mass of 17 billion suns

By Jonathan Rienstra

12.03.12 | 10:42 am

Astronomers at the University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis have found what they believe may be the most massive black hole ever discovered, according to a report ...

Diaries from the robot uprising

UT Dallas scientists create artificial muscles four times as strong as the human kind

By Jonathan Rienstra

11.26.12 | 9:46 am

When the robots take over, we can look back at the day University of Texas at Dallas revealed its new nanotube artificial muscles as the tipping point. We’ve lost the war before it even start ...

the final frontier

Google's '100,000 Stars' project brings the stellar neighborhood closer to home

By Austin Sanders

11.24.12 | 10:02 am

Google recently released their latest science project, a galactic visualization simulator they call “100,000 Stars.” The web application developed by the search engine company’s r ...