science

Light vs dark meat might be up for debate around the Thanksgiving table, however the causes of this color difference are not.

Binoculars can be used to look into space. There are reasons why we don't use them.

People caught and died from plague long before it caused major epidemics like the Black Death in the middle ages. Could what scientists call cultural resistance be what kept the disease under control?

Why did Earth's climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid collision is to blame, with new support coming from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.

It might seem like hummingbird only eat sweet foods. Their diet is actually far more complex.

We're getting closer to having the technology need to send humans to Mars. Will it happen in your lifetime?

In baseball, a pitcher can throw a ball that seems to curve away just as it crosses the plate. How do they do it? It's all about aerodynamics.

The 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry recognizes the incredible advances that can be made when scientists and engineers think about problems from different angles.

The rarity of female Nobel laureates raises questions about women's exclusion from education and careers in science.

Anti-vaccine info online might have foreign roots and political aims.