Growing up, we all had to do all kinds of science projects in school. For Baby Boomers, here are several classic science ...

In this quick science demo, I show how tiny water beads transform when you add salt. First I compare dry beads to ones that ...

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, ...

For a long time, the Greenwald limit was accepted as a given and incorporated into fusion reactor engineering. The new work shows that precise control over how the plasma is created and interacts with ...

Some people are born to be happier than others. But whether you're the kind of person who sings in the shower and dances in the rain, or of a more dour inclination, contentment isn't just something ...

R esearch backs up the idea of “New year, new me.” In a 2014 paper, organizational psychologists introduced the idea of the ...

Skulking gingerly through the forests of Quebec, his heart racing as he scrambles for scarce resources while trying to avoid nearby predators — it’s all in a day’s work for Université Laval ecologist ...

Science has never been the pristine, market-free ideal many imagine. It has always lived – sometimes uneasily – within a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Beth DuFault, University of Portland (THE CONVERSATION) People often see science as a ...

Trish Duarte, cleaning expert, agrees. She says it’s a simple and practical swap anyone can try out for at least a few weeks.

Free animated resource helps children build Irish vocabulary while discovering amazing facts about the world around them. We ...

“I can’t help but notice we are in a Whole Foods,” I tell a Whole Foods employee who—perhaps having noticed me walking around ...