The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Upon stepping into the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, it takes a nanosecond to get a beat on what visitors can expect ...

Students at Suntree Elementary School recently showed off some of what they learned in science this year. More than 300 ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Science Central joined WANE 15 Saturday Morning to show how matter in the air might inhibit blowing up a balloon. Colton Mishler with Science Central brought two balloons ...

Learn how five simple tricks use physics, motion blur, and misdirection to create striking illusions at home. Each move is carefully explained so even first-time performers can understand why it works ...

A small object recently captured by Earth’s gravity may not be a natural satellite at all. According to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, the mysterious body, known as 2025 PN7, could be a lost piece ...

This week's science news was led by a spate of climate stories that were as worrying as they were fascinating. Topping the bill are microbes that were woken up after lying frozen in the Alaskan ...

My grandmother has a lipstick she’s been using for thirty years. The younger me used to watch, fascinated and a little perplexed, as she pulled the gold case out of her vintage Chanel handbag and ...

Astronomers recently discovered a rare interstellar object passing through our solar system, and a Harvard physicist is sounding the alarm that its strange characteristics might indicate it’s more ...

Southern New England has been dealt quite a bit of wildfire smoke through these past several weeks. Despite the smoke allowing for more vibrant and elongated sunrises/sunsets, too much smoke at the ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre object in the outer solar system, 2020 VN40, that dances to Neptune’s gravitational beat in a never-before-seen rhythm. It’s the first of its kind, orbiting the ...