Scientists have crafted glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight. These plants shine in various colors after being injected with light-emitting compounds.
These rival a small night light at their brightest and show potential for…

Scientists have crafted glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight. These plants shine in various colors after being injected with light-emitting compounds.
These rival a small night light at their brightest and show potential for…

The U.S. Commerce Department says it will not abide by an agreement to fund the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act’s R&D through the nonprofit set up to administer the program, called Natcast. Instead, it handed operational control to the National…

Volcanoes can bring catastrophic consequences, and reliable warnings can make the difference between a close call and a tragedy.
A new study on Japan’s Ontake Volcano identifies a signal, in the form of a subtle change in earthquake waves, that…

A single-dose vaccine for HIV and Covid-19 could be developed by combining two different

The earliest ankylosaur on the fossil record sported the most extreme adornments ever seen in a vertebrate animal, even other ankylosaurs.
Spicomellus afer, which lived during the Middle Jurassic more than 165 million years ago, wore spikes…
Planet Earth hosts a bevy of bioluminescence, from shimmery blue anglerfish to…

Like wine and cheese, chocolate has terroir, a sense of the place it was grown.
Each bonbon or bar may carry unique flavors shaped by the soil, rainfall and temperature of the farm. But much of that flavor variation comes from wild…

If you’re hunting for fun facts and quirky trivia to impress your friends, kids or family, you’ve landed in the right place. Below you’ll discover 121 interesting facts that will change the way you look at the world – and even the…

Scientists have taken a major step towards solving one of biology’s deepest mysteries: how two pieces of life’s essential molecules first came together more than four billion years ago.
Proteins, constructed from chains of amino acids, are…