The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red.

The "freshman 15" have become infamous enough to catch researchers' attention.

In 2002, two astronomers analyzing data from more than 200,000 galaxies decided to answer a question nobody asked: if you ...

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the stars, the oceans, and even the tiniest cells to answer one impossible question: why does life exist at all? From philosophers to physicists, theories have ...

A genetic study of canines living in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone separates myth from a potential breakthrough in understanding ...

A new study hints that age-related changes in our brains may explain why time feels like it's slipping away faster with every ...

Why do we slow down for car crashes or binge true crime? Psychologist Coltan Scrivner says our fascination with fear isn’t ...

Easton R. White is an assistant professor of biology at the University of New Hampshire who studies biodiversity and ...

A team from the University of Georgia has discovered that six species of North American bats emit a bright green glow under ...

Modern multiverse fiction incorporates real physics equations and string theory principles rather than relying on pure ...

Like haunted houses? Scientists do! That’s because they’re an excellent place to study how humans respond to – and even ...