Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity ...

It is as if one person said, ‘It is bitter cold in Chicago’; and another answered, ‘That is a fallacy, it is very hot in Florida.” Erwin Schrödinger’s clever joke to Einstein in 1935 struck the ...

I’m not going to pretend these kitchen experiments won’t create a mess. They will. There will be vinegar on your floor, food coloring on hands that lasts a day or two, and siblings will squabble as ...

Chemists have discovered tiny zaps of electricity moving between “swamp-gas” bubbles. Could they ignite methane gas to glow as dancing blue flames?

For scientists, though, one big mystery still remained. Although will-o’-the-wisps are not actual flames and occur at ambient temperatures, they still have to ignite somehow. The source of that ...

As per the clip, the magnetic tune is otherworldly and creepy, like the title soundtrack to a deep space horror thriller or the geological equivalent of playing records backwards to hear the Devil.

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

The Smithsonian Science Education Center is Transforming K-12 Education through Science, in collaboration with communities across the globe Carol O’Donnell Historic images of students and educators ...

President Donald Trump is stealing credit for infrastructure improvements achieved under Biden-era legislation he actively sought to sabotage. The New York Times reports that signs emblazoned with the ...

A Boston Celtics champion starter needed to wear what he described as an "ear condom" following a scary on-court injury. Veteran guard Derrick White, who launched his very revealing "White Noise" ...