SCIENCE

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.

You might think drinking seawater would be better than drinking no water at all. Your kidneys would beg to differ.

For more than two centuries, police have investigated crimes using microscopic hair analysis. But this forensic method isn’t foolproof—and in some cases, it’s led to tragedy.

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.

When the Brood X cicadas emerge in late spring 2021, their mating calls will rival the volume of lawn mowers, car stereos, and low-flying planes.

You can look up and find white, red, blue, and yellow stars, but green stars are missing from the night sky.

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.

The cephalopod is strikingly intelligent, but its most spectacular talent may be its ability to fully regrow arms lost to predators.

Can you take Tylenol after your COVID-19 vaccine? What should you do with your vaccination card? Answers to those and more burning questions.