How do trees die?
Eventually weather, pests and disease will take their toll, but the story doesn’t end there. Emanuel David / 500px via...
Eventually weather, pests and disease will take their toll, but the story doesn’t end there. Emanuel David / 500px via...
Researchers discovered a way to turn superglue into strong, clear plastic that can be made into many shapes. Allison Christy,...
Time gets a little strange as you approach the speed of light. ikonacolor/iStock via Getty Images Michael Lam, Rochester Institute...
What is a shooting star? A shooting star, also known as a meteor, is a streak of light that appears...
The slice you see cut out of the Earth reveals its core, depicted here in bright yellow. fhm/E+ via Getty...
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not....
Your zodiac sign – like Sagittarius, the archer – might be in the stars, but your future isn’t. scaliger/iStock via...
Making a book takes lots of brainstorming and writing, but there are many steps to printing it, too. sykono/iStock via...
The TV in your home is very different from the television sets of just a few years ago. moodboard/Image Source...
Emotions can get in the way of knowing what’s true. Elva Etienne/Moment via Getty Images Bob Britten, West Virginia University...
How a Female Erection Works - In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses how a female...
Something people today have in common with civilizations past: a love of music. peepo/E+ via Getty Images Laura Dallman, University...
Cash is pretty convenient. Dilok Klaisataporn/EyeEm via Getty Images M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond Curious Kids is a series...
Walking vertically – or even upside down – is a piece of cake for ants. pecchio/iStock via Getty Images Plus...
Mosquitoes need to feed on blood in order to reproduce. But how do they choose whom to feed on? boonchai...
Humans are the only animals that express their thoughts in full sentences. Oliver Rossi/DigitalVision via Getty Images Richard Futrell, University...
A great hammerhead shark’s two eyes can be 3 feet apart on opposite sides of its skull. Ken Kiefer 2/Image...
A nanographene molecule imaged by noncontact atomic force microscopy. Patrik Tschudin/gross3HR/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Christine Helms, University of Richmond Curious...
The core of education is to enable young learners to be kind, giving members of society. David Brewster/Star Tribune via...
The Moon often looks enormous when it first rises because of what is known as the Moon illusion. Roadcrusher/Wikimedia Commons,...
Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via...
Where was the world’s first zoo? Interior view of Polito’s Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, Westminster, London, 1812. Heritage Images/Hulton Archives...
Don’t call them tentacles: An octopus has eight arms. TheSP4N1SH/iStock via Getty Images Plus Erin Spencer, Florida International University and...