Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and ...

Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with th ...

Does eating soy make you more feminine? Is sunscreen actually bad for you? (No.) Here are five bad takes about human health, and the real truth behind them.

If you keep up with science headlines, you’ve probably noticed that a new “theory of everything” pops up pretty much every week, disappearing forever after ...

A new study identifying molecules that suppress the heat of chili peppers hints at the possibility of adapting these ...

Throwing a little heat on your meal might be an effective strategy for cutting back on calories, according to a new study led ...

(via SciShow) Are you old enough for your childhood to be filled with the threat of acid rain? Are you now thinking "Wait, why haven't I heard about the threat of acid rain in forever?". Well it's ...

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they’re often dismissed as an uninteresting ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether ...

Lightning is a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity since time immemorial, providing a stark example of the power and ...

We’ve all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have sho ...

Cats have a long history with humans, going back more than 9,000 years. Attracted to human settlements by the rodents that plagued (sometimes literally) our ancestors, cats ...