Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

This week in science news: Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, may break down more rapidly in the atmosphere than ...

"The Intimate Animal" explores how dating apps cause people to raise their expectations—and walk into first dates with preconceived notions.

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory temporarily halts science operations to reduce orbital drag, preparing for a commercial reboost mission with Katalyst Space Technologies.

Few would deny that the EU now also has a Soviet-style “nomenklatura”; a new class of “Eurocrats” which also enjoys legal ...

Hidden in the Pacific, two very different volcanoes are forcing scientists to rethink what counts as “biggest.” Tamu Massif, a shield-like giant buried beneath the northwest Pacific, spent years ...

Let's grade every team by which players they lost, which players they added and whether they got better heading into Opening ...

I explain what happens when a soda can is opened deep underwater in a scientific experiment.

A new experiment hints that an ape may be able to play pretend like humans do.

Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

Smog in a Jar' allows participants to explore the interaction between pollution and weather by observing how smog forms. KSAT ...