Some hydrogels are made of natural polymers. Jell-O is a good example. It contains a natural polymer called gelatin. Other ...

Dark matter isn’t the universe’s only “missing” matter. Distant bursts of radio waves have now turned up vast, faint gas ...

When water droplets take on an electric charge, rain can become corrosive and start to eat through bridges, cars and more, ...

The wild world is full of roars, whoops and songs. Scientists are using such sounds to guide efforts to help save species at ...

Top prizes went for an icy window into the cosmos, a light switch for the brain and solving the mystery of mirror image ...

Slowing protein production to just a trickle might help Spider-Man control the level of his superpowers, Lieberman says. He ...

Researchers recently learned that bees can swim. New findings show that bees paddle toward shade and dark to reach shore.

Thunderstorms bring a hidden glow to forests. The same forces that trigger lightning also make treetops sparkle like Christmas-tree toppers (even if this is barely visible to the human eye). For ...

California’s Death Valley is one of the driest, hottest and harshest places on Earth. In summer, thermometers there often climb above 49° Celsius (120.2° Fahrenheit). Such extreme heat can make it ...

Early theropod species appear to have been mostly carnivorous. Over time, however, the group evolved into a diverse range of ...

Sea robins are fish with two large, winglike fins and six crablike legs. But their extra limbs do more than just scurry about the seafloor. Research now suggests that some sea robin legs can sense ...