"It turns out that mostly when people say 'New York is noisy' they really mean 'cars are noisy. '" Surprise. A public policy initiative panned by drivers and pro-car pundits turned out to instead be a roaring success that improved traffic congestion, road safety, and even reduced pollution -- a godsend not just for those living in Manhattan, but for transit riders, drivers, and outer-borough residents.

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar system at far too high a speed to be bound by the Sun's gravity.

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar system at far too high a speed to be bound by the Sun's gravity.

The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down -- not permanently, but for a pretty long time -- and the famous atom smasher's eventual final retirement is also something that top scientists are now considering.

The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down -- not permanently, but for a pretty long time -- and the famous atom smasher's eventual final retirement is also something that top scientists are now considering.