Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

Larry Carbone offers an insider's perspective on the ethics of using animals in invasive research, the need for more ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain ...

In the 1930s, the Switzer brothers stumbled onto a way to mimic fluorescence. That led to Day-Glo, which has been making the world a brighter place ever since ...

This mind-bending relativity illusion has never been seen—until now ...

We've been trained to 'see something, say something' about danger. What if we did the same for what's good? It takes 10 seconds, and the research says the giver benefits most.

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

If you ever thought the experiment was truly over, think again. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is gearing up for another return trip to bad movie heaven, and this time it’s coming straight from the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Everyone knows it's cold it is outside. The entire Philadelphia region has remained below freezing for the seventh day in a row, with little relief in sight. But we are tapping ...

(KIMT) -- KIMT Storm Alert Weather 3 Meteorologist Hunter Donahoe performed two experiments for your viewing pleasure Friday morning. Conditions were so cold Friday morning that you could create ...

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