Microbes are usually cast as villains, yet most of the microscopic life on and around us is quietly keeping us alive. From the bacteria lining your gut to the organisms drifting in city air, these ...

There’s a well-known story in Plato’s Republic in which a humble shepherd named Gyges finds a magical gold ring that renders whoever wears it invisible. Gyges proceeds to use his newfound power to ...

I have to admit that I never really gave the number of women in data science much thought until recently. Maybe it was because, by some lucky accident, my NYU faculty advisor’s two other PhD students ...

The Predator franchise has spawned five movies — including the upcoming prequel film, Prey — and two crossover flicks pitting the titular predator against alien xenomorphs, not to mention countless ...

Hundreds of thousands of volunteer data collectors are due for some thanks from scientists, according to a new paper that reveals the role of citizen science in studies of birds and climate change.

Tricking the brain into thinking its body can't be seen is easier than you might think. That can be helpful in stressful situations, but does it make virtual reality more dangerous? Eric Mack has been ...

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - In this Summer Science experiment students at Effingham College and Career Academy show us how to create invisible ink using a lemon. - When the lemon juice is heated a ...

IT’S 9:13. WE HAVE A NEW FUN FAMILY ACTIVITY FOR YOU IN THE SCIENCE OF IT. HERE’S FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST. ALEXI SHOWING US AN EXPERIMENT MIXING PAPER BAKING SODA AND FIRE. HELLO EVERYONE AND ...

Chinese science fiction writers are having more fun with the genre than anyone else, and in fact, might even be producing its best new works. And now, in the years following the success of Liu Cixin’s ...