SCIENCE

These sci-fi tales have gone beyond predicting technological advancements to directly inspiring scientific progress, from robotics to rocketry and everything in between.

Requiring a sufficiently large lake is only the first step in creating the monstrous blizzards known as lake-effect snow.

It’s partly thanks to the popularity of roasted Brussels sprouts over boiled ones—but that’s not the whole story.

Naturally, naming babies is still a deeply personal exercise, and you may disagree with linguistics on certain matters.

A new study led by Stanford challenges the “fake it ’til you make it“ theory.

Color illusions get pretty complicated when there are multi-colored lines involved like there are in this image.

In a study, scientists were able to isolate one key ingredient that makes humans so delicious to the disease-spreading insects.

The liminal space aesthetic has only been around for a few years, but it triggers a primal fear that predates the internet.

Thinking of getting a booster? Here's what you should know.

Don’t let misguided media sources compound your arachnophobia.

The consumption of the sweet-tasting carbohydrate is a hotly debated topic, and the misconceptions sometimes outweigh the truth.

In addition to capturing spectacles millions of light years away, the James Webb Space Telescope can also show us planets like Jupiter from a fresh perspective.