Search
While it's always been a boon to Popeye's "muskles," it looks like spinach may also have a role to play in clean future batteries.
Demanding appropriate levels of skepticism and scrutiny isn’t cruelty, but rather demonstrates scientific integrity and intellectual honesty. Every few months, a novel headline will fly across the world, claiming to […]
Creating a better understanding by clearing up common misconceptions about the neurodiversity movement.
A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out.
It's hard to stop looking back and forth between these faces and the busts they came from.
The Twin Jet nebula, shown here, is a stunning example of a bipolar preplanetary nebula. At the center, a dying star is in the final stages of life where it […]
A non-profit dedicated to science communication offers to connect learners with over 11,000 scientists.
Grandfathers, take heart. You'll survive the paradox that's been gunning for you since the 1930s.
94 percent of men in the study have this mutation, which explains why men are more likely to die.
A new interactive documentary "How Normal Am I?" helps reveal the shortcomings of facial recognition technology.
We just found a system that we can’t explain. Here’s what’s going on. One of the most fascinating facts about the Universe is that there’s so much of it out there. […]
Even kids get that a real leader puts others' interests first.
Most said they want to act on their desire someday. But do open relationships actually work?
We’re still not sure what the ultimate question is. Here are 5 excellent candidates. One of the most amusing stories in all of science fiction is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]
The results of this study showed depressive symptoms being highest in adolescence, declining in early adulthood and then climbing back up again into one's early 30s.
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
Poland has become an increasingly unwelcoming place for the LGBTQ community. Fifty diplomats hope to change that.
What do we want to do with convicted criminals? Penology has several philosophies waiting to answer that question.
Andrew Wakefield turned away from science and to the tabloids to spread his fabricated data.