The site presents daily science news articles along with stories of the latest innovations. Visitors can explore the topic highlighted on the homepage, or they can choose from an alphabetical listing of scientific terms. Each News zone includes news along with links, columns, and references of detailed scientific background information, as well as Cool Questions along with Cool experiments. Sample Cool questions include what is astrobiology , what was the Big Bang , and what are the colors of the planets. Each question is answered in detail along with reviews of related science books, software titles, and science magazines.
Visitors can also explore a chronological archive of stories upon clicking headlines by date.
Other Web links are topically located on the news and reference pages.