Fun Fact: Otters Love to Juggle, But Scientists Aren't Sure Why
The playful aquatic creatures enjoy bouncing rocks and pebbles around. Is it just for fun, or are they driven by deeper instincts?
The playful aquatic creatures enjoy bouncing rocks and pebbles around. Is it just for fun, or are they driven by deeper instincts?
Scents on North Carolina State University's aroma wheel for sourdough include tropical fruit, red wine, and fart.
As early as this summer, disease-sniffing dogs may be used to screen for asymptomatic carriers of the novel coronavirus.
If you've been separated from a loved one during quarantine, smell a comforting scent—like a sweater they've worn—to lift your mood and relieve stress.
In late April, Venus is 20 times brighter than the brightest star in the night sky. Here's what you need to know about the phenomenon.
It's so quiet at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that you can hear your lungs, stomach, and heart working.
The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be transmitted through saliva droplets coughed into the air. Here's the terminology you need to know to understand its transmission.
From liaising with Martians to living on the moon, here’s where Soviet magazines thought the Cold War’s space race would take us.
There are nearly 40,000 documents from Sally Ride’s career in the Smithsonian’s archives, and you can help make them more accessible.
These famous siblings changed the way we view everything from science and art to sports and literature.
The way the human nervous system works, people should not be able to choose when they get goosebumps. But people with Voluntary Generated Piloerection can.
Did you know that crying is still a scientific mystery? Here are a few other common things we still don't have a scientific explanation for.
Thanks to an interesting weather phenomenon, Lítla Dímun in Denmark's Faroe Islands is often capped by a flying-saucer-shaped cloud.
Sloths can take as long as one minute to move just 12 inches. It seems like a chill existence, until you consider what a glacial pace means for their pooping habits.
‘Coronavirus’ is named for how it looks under a microscope, but that’s not the only way to name a virus or disease.
From spinning eggs to DIY slime, these at-home science experiments help you stay busy and learn a few things, too.
LEGO bricks have always been durable, but new research in the UK indicates they might actually be able to survive the harshest of conditions.
The retroreflectors left as part of the Apollo Lunar Ranging Experiment are still fully functional, though their reflective efficiency has diminished over the years.
It's not a myth: William Shakespeare really did write 'King Lear' during the plague. From Edvard Munch to Isaac Newton, here are a few more people who made the most of being isolated.
Cappuccino is often served in a larger, wider mug, while espresso comes in a short, narrow mug. But even avid coffee drinkers may not know why.
From fossilized feces to antediluvian rodent nests, ancient objects are getting their DNA analyzed for clues about the past.
A couple of long-suffering scientists from Australia donated their time—and their gas—to figuring out whether farts can spread disease.
There are a million reasons why we should be paying more attention to treehoppers, entomology student Brendan Morris says.
The star recently spotted 1500 light-years from Earth is shaped like a teardrop and pulsates on one side, making it a celestial anamoly.