A powerful homemade proto-lightsaber is put to the ultimate test against a heavy bank vault in a dramatic engineering experiment inspired by science fiction. Using an intense plasma blade capable of ...

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So ...

The American experiment is an extraordinary collaborative project. No one group can credibly claim responsibility for our ...

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

This simple science experiment shows how oil and food coloring interact in water to create stunning firework-like visual ...

The International Space Station is now home to an even more capable quantum laboratory, where NASA cools atoms to nearly ...

“What I see is cool but it’s not identifiably the moon,” he said in his social media post.

Color-changing mood rings, forehead fever strips and car-shade indicators all change hues as they warm and cool, thanks to a ...

Head to Switzerland for a tour of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics research laboratory, to discover the secrets of ...

The 1839 Awards are named in honor of the year that the photography was first made widely available to the public. Each year, ...