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Curiosity has been exploring the surface of Mars since 2011, but what it found inside a rock last year has changed our understanding of the planet.
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Scientists have had their eye on an Alaskan lake, watching an island suddenly emerge, largely as the strange result of the world's changing climate.
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Some sources say that it's best not to pet your dog before heading out, but science says otherwise. A gentle pat can actually do a lot for your dog's mood.
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Nothing lasts forever, and the ISS is no exception. Despite all it has helped humanity accomplish, its final resting place will be in the middle of nowhere.
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Plenty of people find the smell of old books to be comforting, but the source of that scent might come as a surprise, seeing as dying plants are the culprit.
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Most of us think of humans as having five senses, but we might actually have two more: proprioception and this sense, which might even enhance robotics someday.
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A new spider was just found in the sands of Southern California, but scientists are already worried about the long-term survival of this species.
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If you've been driving around your city at night, you might have seen a few of the streetlights have turned purple and wondered what was going on.
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Somewhere in Florida's waterways, ecologists suspect that a beautiful and elusive snake may be lurking just out of sight, and they're trying to save it.
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Everybody knows that dinosaurs lived a long time ago, but what isn't well-known is just how long dinosaurs lived, and it's less than we once thought.
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If you grew up with a CRT TV, you probably remember the static charge of its screen; that's still there, but you probably can't feel it anymore.
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Whether you live in the South or not, you've likely heard of the fire ant, but these tiny insects are a lot more pernicious than you might think.
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Few technologies are more thoroughly associated with American culture than the iconic V8 internal combustion engine, but what makes it unique?
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In farming communities the world over, it's well-known that a recently decapitated chicken can run around for a bit before succumbing, but how long?
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Have you heard the urban myth of a snake crawling up out of a toilet? It turns out it's happened more than once, but why do snakes like toilets?
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There are few scents as satisfying as the smell of a new car fresh from the dealership, but what lies behind that distinct smell may surprise you.
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Stephen Hawking was one of the brightest minds of the 20th century, but his prediction about the impact of AI is unsettling and a bit frightening.
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We think of dinosaurs as chronological monoliths, but like all life, they have their own lineage, and we may have found the T. rex's oldest ancestor.
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Bringing a firearm into space probably isn't a great idea, but if you did and you pulled the trigger, the results might not be what you expect.
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There are endless ways to die down here on Earth, but if you did your dying up on Venus, your experience of death would be uniquely horrific.
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Albert Einstein's reputation was built around his theories on the nature of the universe, but many don't know that he also dabbled in technology.
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A nocturnal bird in Australia has been so elusive that scientists long thought it was extinct. But the story of this endangered species isn't actually over.
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Plants thrive in the sunlight and use it to fuel their biological processes, but scientists have now made plants that make their own light instead.
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Invasive species are a big problem, disrupting the delicate balance of local ecosystems, but some are a bigger problem than others, literally.
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Do you ever just unfocus your vision and nope out of life for a while? If so, you're in the half of the population that can pull off this trick.
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Many gamblers rely on the law of averages to convince themselves to play another hand, but they have a fundamental misunderstanding of statistics.
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The human body burns at a steady 98 degrees Fahrenheit, but once that flame is extinguished, how long does it take for our heat to dissipate?
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