If you have a dog, you likely know how good these animals are at reading subtle cues. Jangle a key or dangle a leash and many ...

When baby Atlantic puffins in Iceland venture out of the cliffside burrows where they had hatched, they look for the light of the moon. It will guide them to the sea. But nearby town lights sometimes ...

There’s a planet next door that could explain the origins of life in the universe. It was probably once covered in oceans. It may have been able to support life for billions of years. No surprise, ...

When you look at the white surface after staring at the red-colored object, your eyes will essentially receive equal doses of ...

Within the ocean region where El Niños form, daily sea-surface temperatures are already more extreme than at any point in ...

People make a lot of gas, and it’s got to come out one end or the other. Understanding those farts and burps could tell us a ...

The Japanese art of paper folding is called origami — from the Japanese words “oru” (to fold) and “kami” (paper).

Well, attempting to destroy the sun would be a huge undertaking. Our sun is classified as a yellow dwarf star. That name is a little misleading. “Dwarf” implies that the sun is small. But for a star, ...

Earth’s oceans are heating up. But since the 19th century, one patch in the North Atlantic has cooled by about 1 degree ...

Take a plunge into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and you’ll come face to face with a what looks like a gorgeous rocky garden. This dazzling array of corals is the largest living structure on Earth.

Pyrolysis is a process though which heat breaks down large molecules into smaller ones. It is just one of the chemical ...

Humans aren’t the only animals who fart. Take Dakota, an English cocker spaniel. When she was getting older, she could no ...