Discover 20 science facts that sound completely fake but are 100% true. These surprising facts will change how you see the world.

Bills in four states require state environmental regulations to show “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just increased risk of disease. Scientists say that’s all but impossible.

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In ...

Scientists have long known that the bond between parent and child is vital to a child's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Secure attachment leads to better emotional regulation, healthier ...

Each week on “Watch Mr. Wizard,” Don Herbert used household objects to conduct an easily replicated experiment that ...

Right now, navies are racing toward a future where aircraft carriers launch drones as easily as they launch jets, and the rules of sea power start to bend. We break down how drone carriers actually ...

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

Judge Cote’s ruling sends a different—and healthier—signal. Courts won’t permit analytical gaps or selective studies to substitute for rigorous, methodologically sound science. That standard narrows ...

Blind and low vision (BLV) people may soon have access to and more easily understand scientific data in museum exhibits through new “touchable sound” displays. Associate Professor Jessica Roberts and ...

A coalition of leading agricultural organizations sent a letter to Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental ...

In the late 1800s, more than a hundred years before smartphones and weather apps, a physicist discovered you could step outside on a summer night, listen carefully, and estimate the temperature with ...

Dementia is an umbrella term to describe cognitive (thinking) problems that are severe enough to affect everyday life. There are many types of dementia – such as Alzheimer's disease, which is the most ...