A recent study presents a new way to understand life by describing it as a cascade of machines producing machines, spanning from molecular to biosphere levels. What is life? This question remains the ...

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When international events make headlines, it can be difficult to see the local relevance – but Billy Koenig hopes to make his experience from the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

The “Trash Basher” is one of many East Texas Regional Science Fair projects. Young scientists from around East Texas showcase ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

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A show like “Apple Cider Vinegar,” based on “The Woman Who Fooled the World,” by the journalists who eventually punctured ...

O n a freezing night in January, several hundred people came to Boston’s Museum of Science for a town hall-style discussion ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

The scientists devised a way of cooking an egg that requires no special culinary skill or fancy gadgets. It took about 300 ...

Physicists have long tried to model the chaotic phenomenon of turbulence. Now, a team has pioneered a new quantum ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...