Detecting new wildfires is our first line of defense against their disastrous spread, and some researchers wonder if ...

Building an Iron Man-inspired repulsor torch with electrolysis combines superhero styling with a dramatic science experiment.

The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.

Primordial black holes may occasionally pass through white dwarf stars and trigger enormous Type Ia supernova explosions. Researchers found that these events could explain chemical patterns seen in ...

In this video I show a quick winter science activity I love to do with kids. I draw snowman faces on Ziploc bags, then we head outside to fill them with baking soda and vinegar. As the reaction builds ...

It’s like Lucy holding a football for Charlie Brown in the classic comic strip “Peanuts” — except they’re killer whales, and they obliterate the ball. Scientists have now documented two instances of ...

There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them. Scientists believe this may be a form of culturally learned behavior passed down through ...