Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side ...

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Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and ...

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It’s been a few years since Weird Nightmare last released his eponymous debut on Sub Pop. Now, Alex Edkins is sharing “Forever Elsewhere,” his first new music since his band METZ announced an ...

Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are small, almost-hairless rodents that live in underground colonies of between about 20 to several hundred individuals. They are one of just two mammal species ...

A new North Carolina study connected cooking with science, examining how fermented foods like kombucha and kimchi – which have had a huge surge in popularity in recent years – not only taste good but ...

Marriage may be a universal ritual, but the way people celebrate it can be wildly different depending on where you are in the world. What feels like a heartfelt custom in one culture might seem ...

There was a time when pianos were a fixture in many American homes. Gathering around the instrument to sing and dance was a family tradition, undoubtedly altered by the spread of streaming services ...

Ryan Summers receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is affiliated with the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), NARST, ...

Dr. Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester. A few years ago, on a flight, I was seated next to a man in his mid-20s. He looked at the astrobiology textbook I was reading ...