Science

Discoveries, research, space, biology, physics, and the science behind our world and beyond.

Why Humans Everywhere Spend the Same Time Commuting

Why Humans Everywhere Spend the Same Time Commuting

Environmental: Sustainability and the Science Behind It

Environmental: Sustainability and the Science Behind It

How to Improve Memory Using Science-Based Techniques from Neuroscience

How to Improve Memory Using Science-Based Techniques from Neuroscience

The Higgs Boson Could Open a Portal to the Dark Sector of the Universe

The Higgs Boson Could Open a Portal to the Dark Sector of the Universe

Why Your Genetics Class Got It Wrong: The Messy Truth About DNA and Inheritance

Why Your Genetics Class Got It Wrong: The Messy Truth About DNA and Inheritance

How the Brain Organizes Speech, Language, and Music: Insights from Neuroscience

How the Brain Organizes Speech, Language, and Music: Insights from Neuroscience

Test: Trojan and the Science Behind It

Test: Trojan and the Science Behind It

The Discovery of Dark Matter: An Interview with Astronomer Seth Shostak on NGC 2403

The Discovery of Dark Matter: An Interview with Astronomer Seth Shostak on NGC 2403

Dark Energy Mystery: How Gravitational Lensing Could Reveal the Universe's Expansion Rate

Dark Energy Mystery: How Gravitational Lensing Could Reveal the Universe's Expansion Rate

Creator of Our Changing Climate Takes a Break to Produce Ambitious Documentary Series

Creator of Our Changing Climate Takes a Break to Produce Ambitious Documentary Series

The Galaxy That Revealed Dark Matter: NGC 2403 and the Search for Aliens

The Galaxy That Revealed Dark Matter: NGC 2403 and the Search for Aliens

Fun: Sink and the Science Behind It

Fun: Sink and the Science Behind It

How Scientists Calculated the Age of the Universe and Why It Matters

How Scientists Calculated the Age of the Universe and Why It Matters

Hassabis: Demis and the Science Behind It

Hassabis: Demis and the Science Behind It

How Self-Talk Shapes Your Brain and Rewires Your Mindset

How Self-Talk Shapes Your Brain and Rewires Your Mindset

The Ritonavir Crystal Crisis: When a Life-Saving HIV Drug Suddenly Failed

The Ritonavir Crystal Crisis: When a Life-Saving HIV Drug Suddenly Failed

What Your Testicle Size Reveals About Your Health and Evolution

What Your Testicle Size Reveals About Your Health and Evolution

Why Drilling to Earth's Mantle Remains an Impossible Challenge

Why Drilling to Earth's Mantle Remains an Impossible Challenge

Most Powerful Gamma Rays Ever Detected at the Center of the Milky Way

Most Powerful Gamma Rays Ever Detected at the Center of the Milky Way

Why Asteroids Are Not Planets: The Scientific Reason Behind Their Classification

Why Asteroids Are Not Planets: The Scientific Reason Behind Their Classification

Can Plants Think and Feel Pain? Exploring Plant Consciousness

Can Plants Think and Feel Pain? Exploring Plant Consciousness

TRAPPIST-1 Planets: What JWST Found About Their Habitability

TRAPPIST-1 Planets: What JWST Found About Their Habitability

The Day the Dinosaurs Died: Inside the 66-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Earth's Most Violent Even

The Day the Dinosaurs Died: Inside the 66-Million-Year-Old Evidence of Earth's Most Violent Even

How the Giant Quetzalcoatlus Pterosaur Achieved Flight Despite Its Massive Size

How the Giant Quetzalcoatlus Pterosaur Achieved Flight Despite Its Massive Size

Could the Moon Actually Be a Planet? A Scientific Argument

Could the Moon Actually Be a Planet? A Scientific Argument

ICARUS Experiment Searches for Sterile Neutrinos and New Physics at Fermilab

ICARUS Experiment Searches for Sterile Neutrinos and New Physics at Fermilab

Saturn's Moon Mimas Hides a Young Ocean Beneath Its Cratered Surface

Saturn's Moon Mimas Hides a Young Ocean Beneath Its Cratered Surface

Why Boredom Is Essential for Your Brain and Creativity

Why Boredom Is Essential for Your Brain and Creativity

How Neutrinos Could Explain Why Matter Dominates the Universe

How Neutrinos Could Explain Why Matter Dominates the Universe

Why Martian Soil's Toxicity Could Actually Support Alien Life

Why Martian Soil's Toxicity Could Actually Support Alien Life