SCIENCE

Without microwaves, ovens, or refrigerators, food in space can be challenging both to prepare and to consume. Especially cheesecake.

One hummingbird feeder and a single thirsty visitor soon grew to four feeders and more than 200 hummingbird guests.

If you grind your coffee beans too finely, you may not be getting the most out of the product, according to one study.

If you get natural blond highlights in the summer, your hair may be damaged by too much exposure to the sun.

Breaking new cat research proves that a cat will settle in on a square drawn on the floor. Why? Because it's a cat.

From eradicating smallpox to battling the COVID-19 pandemic, these vaccine pioneers have helped make colossal strides in public health.

Rare animal species in Chernobyl, from lynxes to wild horses, seem to be weathering all that radiation relatively well.

Sixty-two years ago, nine hikers died in what's now Dyatlov Pass in Russia after fleeing their tent for unknown reasons. Using models inspired by Disney's 'Frozen,' scientists have come up with an explanation for the incident.

Can cheese really give you nightmares? And why do you keep dreaming that you're back in high school? We get to the bottom of eight misconceptions about dreams.

Seeing a rhino hanging upside-down from a helicopter might make you uncomfortable, but it's indisputably a good thing for the rhino.

There are few children’s books more beloved than Eric Carle’s 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' even if it's real-life ending would be much more gruesome.

Scientists and historians have made incredible finds—from the oldest human-made art to long-lost shipwrecks—in the 20 years since Mental Floss began.