Splash a few drops of water on a hot pan and if the pan is hot enough, the water will sizzle and the droplets of water seem ...

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists ...

The El Niño weather pattern did not have "any influence" on widespread flooding that killed hundreds in East Africa this year ...

More than 190 nations agreed Friday on a new treaty to combat so-called biopiracy and regulate patents stemming from genetic ...

Preparations for the launch of the new Earth observation satellite EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) at ...

If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy. Along with wind, it's the cleanest, most ...

The discovery of a planet similar to Venus around a star in the neighborhood of the solar system raises hopes that ...

Enrolling in a selective college STEM program pays off more for academically marginal students—even though they are less ...

In a behavioral experiment, crows were able to learn to produce a set number of calls. This involves them planning in advance ...

A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomaterials y ...

When a train approaches or an ambulance with its siren blaring nears us, we hear the sound with an increased frequency, ...

Humans have long been fascinated by bird song and the cacophony of other avian sounds—from coos and honks to quacks and peeps ...