In 2002, two astronomers analyzing data from more than 200,000 galaxies decided to answer a question nobody asked: if you ...

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a ...

Even in today’s high-tech world, nature still manages to terrify and confuse scientists. From glowing oceans and eerie sky ...

Young children have a lot of trust in scientists, and watching superhero TV shows with villainous researchers has little ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Damian, one of my eighth-graders, left me a note on our digital bulletin board: “Science is my favorite class every year!” His classmate Amelia replied with “Me 2!!!” Damian is sure he’s headed for a ...

Maryland-based InventWood has created a high-strength “Superwood.” - Courtesy InventWood A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of ...

Halloween came early this year for a man in the UK, who landed in hot water with the police after a backyard experiment went hopelessly wrong. As detailed by The Telegraph, an amateur scientist named ...

Ice comes in many phases (about twenty, to be exact), and scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) just discovered a new one called “Ice XXI.” To study this new ...

Climate Whale Acoustics Isabelle Brandicourt, a graduate student at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, prepares to deploy a 1.3-mile fiber-optic cable to test whether internet cables ...

Scientists who inspected Chicago's famous "rat hole" now say the imprint was not actually made by a rat, calling it a case of "mistaken identity." In an analysis published in the journal Biology ...

PITTSBURGH — DK Metcalf, usually split out wide for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense, had his hands on his thigh pads in a fullback’s stance against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He led Jaylen ...