For centuries, stories about will-o’-the-wisps have captured the popular imagination. Countless tales have been told to ...

Scientific research apparently has its own share of beginner's luck. According to a study by Mahdee Mushfique Kamal and ...

A mysterious “toxic” space capsule crashed down to earth and landed in a farm in rural Argentina, leaving locals bewildered.

The science pros at The King of Random show how to create your own exploding thunder caps for experiments.

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It sounds like something from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But scientists have revealed the terrifyingly high odds ...

New research suggests that a swarm of debris from an exploding comet left its mark by triggering the Younger Dryas, a period ...

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 ...

Psychological science is really just our best shot at making sense of how people think, feel, and act. It’s rooted in old philosophy but runs today on experiments, observation, and data. Back in the ...

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed ...

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