Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free ...

If you rub two identical balloons together, they both pick up a static charge. This strange and unexpected behavior has been documented in the scientific literature and remains fun ...

If you have ambitions to start exercising or get the most out of your exercise routine, there are a lot of flashy tricks promising to help you. But not all of them are supported by scien ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once ...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can ‘catch’ yawns from an android imitating human facial expressions, according to new research ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

Eating a high-fat diet containing a large amount of oleic acid – a type of fatty acid commonly found in olive oil – could ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn intense criticism—much of it deserved—for his stance on vaccines. But lost in the uproar is a ...

The humble toilet seems like the least likely setting for drama. Yet throughout history, it has claimed kings, toppled ...

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to cancer diagnosis, according to a ...