With the lightest touch, this plant bursts open, flinging its seeds through the air. Here’s how it evolved this biological ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Sometimes the best science happens by accident,” Co-investigator John Noonan, a research professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University in Alabama, said in a statement.

Carbon forms the graphite in pencils, the diamonds in jewelry and the molecules that make up every living thing. But under ...

Watch a high-voltage electric experiment with shocking results! See batteries and devices tested under extreme voltage, ...

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun.

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

Neutrinos are extremely lightweight and electrically neutral particles that rarely interact with ordinary matter. Due to ...

Imagine standing at the laboratory bench, working on an experiment, when, as you finish one step, a display on the inside of your lab goggles tells you what to do next. A small camera in the frame ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky. Eventually, the telescope is expected to reach 7 million alerts per night.

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests for skin irritation are scheduled for elimination this year, and some studies ...

Congratulations to Grace Wade for succeeding in her New Year’s resolution to run a half-marathon last year. I’m a little sceptical about some of the claims derived from countless PR-fodder surveys ...