Category: Science

Nearly 170 years ago, a scientist named Eunice Foote discovered a fundamental truth about the gases that surround us. In her home laboratory in New

The Biden administration is opening the West Coast to offshore wind. Companies have largely focused on the East Coast, like this wind farm off Block

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

A virus found lurking inside a deadly fungus may make the microbe even stronger and harder to kill when it infects people.

A new lab study exploited a unique aspect of metabolism in glioblastoma to boost the effectiveness of chemoradiation, turning the cancer’s properties against itself.

The Orzorz Galaxy star projector delivers bright, high-resolution projections that rival more expensive products, and it comes highly recommended by our own star projector review

The world’s oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors’ corpses 10,000 years ago.

Archaeologists excavating in a Roman cemetery in the Netherlands have uncovered a unique oil lamp dating to the second century A.D.

Two black holes merged together 2.4 billion light years away from Earth, and scientists have just figured out how fast the newborn ricocheted, and in

Southeast Asian groups mummified bodies over smoky fires before burying them as early as 12,000 years ago, long before Egyptians began making mummies.

Experiments reveal that when slabs of salty ice are strained, electricity is generated, though practical uses are still a long way off.

Europe is warming faster than any continent. That’s speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe’s largest rivers. (Image credit: Rob Schmitz)

Social media influencers claim that using lotion with magnesium promotes sleep. But there’s little evidence magnesium taken in this way is effective.

Chlamydia in koalas can cause blindness, infertility and even death. (Image credit: David Gray)