Discover 9 science museums in India every curious traveller should visit, from Bengaluru’s Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum to Kolkata’s Science City, offering interactive exhibits, ...

A 17-year-old whiz kid whose Irvine home was at the center of an FBI and hazmat squad probe last week said the search was all ...

Touching your tongue to frozen metal must be a rite of passage if you're a five-year-old boy from a cold place. It's possibly more irresistible than hopping in mud puddles or sampling a newly frosted ...

(Karetoria/Moment/Getty Images) Plastic pollution is seeping into the Earth, into wildlife, and into our bodies, and a new ...

In recent months, Ireland became an associate member of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. This is a very welcome development for physicists, engineers and computer scientists ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Moon hummus could be on the horizon after scientists grew chickpeas in lunar dust for the first time. The Myles variety of the legume was planted in simulated moon soil based on samples brought back ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial weakness in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments. Researchers identified a protein called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1) that acts like a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eats steak for breakfast, and has been accused by family members of blending up mice and chickens to feed his hawks and cutting off a dead whale’s head to bring it home. But he ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

René Descartes believed doubting assumptions is the first step toward truth. His philosophy shaped modern science and ...

Valerie Taylor's research explores links between gut bacteria and bipolar disorder, testing faecal microbiota transplants as potential treatments for mental illness.