From the archives of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this short film from 1977 describes the mission of the two Voyager spacecraft before they launched on their journey to Jupit ...

The widespread use of digital screens in early childhood raises growing concerns about the impact of blue light on sleep ...

When spring arrives, so do warnings about thunderstorm asthma. But a decade ago, most of us hadn’t heard of it. So where did ...

Physicists have long grappled with the question of why the universe was able to support the evolution of intelligent life.

(via Veritasium) The mistakes of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, and the physics that could have saved her.

The new species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, was identified by a team led by Dr David Hone, a palaeontologist from Queen Mary ...

The patches of lichen you’ve probably seen growing on tree trunks and park benches might be easy to overlook, but they’re ...

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

The first "blueprint" of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of ...

When spring arrives, so do warnings about thunderstorm asthma. But a decade ago, most of us hadn’t heard of it. So where did thunderstorm asthma come from? Is it a new ...

Now that November 5th is in the rearview, the pressing task of governing—and governing well—is before President-elect Donald ...

Vaping is marketed as the “safe” alternative to smoking, but it’s far from being harmless. Unregulated ingredients, hidden ...