As the nationwide rollout of House of Science resource kits gathers pace, many are curious and asking a simple question: what ...

Starting a garden often feels overwhelming at first glance, especially when seed packets list terms that sound more like ...

We’re not talking about more powerful computers—we're talking about different ones," says the scientist, who sees a hybrid ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

This video demonstrates a fun and simple science experiment showing how static electricity can make a thin stream of water ...

The simple experiment setup. Image via Wiki Commons. In 1927, physicist Thomas Parnell poured hot pitch into a funnel at the ...

Slime molds are yellow, oozing, amoeba-like organisms often found on decaying logs and in moist areas. They have no neurons ...

After a surprising discovery that overcomes a longstanding problem in fiber optics, MIT researchers demonstrated a biomedical ...

In this activity, pupils will learn about refraction and reflection, and how they’re different. You only need simple bits of ...

New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and ...

Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across the country. Some ...