A Moment of Science

Ever notice when you're having a bad day it always seems to get that much worse?

If you see an object blowing down the street, you will infer that it is light. That will be your conclusion even if you can’t determine what the object is.

When you cry for emotional reasons, your eyes act differently. So what happens next?

Aging is a complex process involving accumulating damage to the cellular mechanisms of life. Anti-aging researchers want to understand and combat this process to give us healthier and longer lives.

A species of howler monkey isn't dying its fur, but they are changing color.

Cows and humans aren't the only ones who produce milk. There are also some insects and spiders that produce a milk-like substance to feed their young.

When water leaked into containers of dormant queen bumblebees, the scientists assumed they’d need to hold a state funeral. But amazingly, the regal insects lived, despite drowning!

Scientists are saying that as the climate warms and temperatures rise, we might lose more crops to insects.

Did you know that ancient bricks are magnetic?

These days, pandas have bamboo for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But that wasn't always the case.

Although we all get angry at times, for some people anger turns to aggression, while for others it doesn’t. The reasons for this have to do with how we regulate our emotions.

Human mothers secrete milk to feed their babies. So do other mammals. Biologists now know that many other kinds of animal mothers also secrete milk-like nutritious substances to feed their offspring.

Fruit flies might not have manners when they invade your home, but they do have culture.

Making their way through polluted water, fish become disoriented, as sights, smells, and sounds crowd the waters. Chemical and noise pollution, and reduced water clarity, interfere with the senses,...

These days, you can hear about self-driving cars when you turn on the news, or you can browse store shelves for high-tech gadgets. But in the mid-nineteenth century, there was one go-to place for...

A simple exercise to do at home with A Moment of Science

Would you drink a mixture of acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, acetone, acetic acid, and a few of the compounds known as hexenals, which give fresh-cut grass is characteristic odor?

Swimming in a school has a lot of benefits for fish, from social opportunities to avoiding predators to finding more food.

Researchers have heard orangutans make the noise after the danger has passed—a sign that they’re communicating about the past, and the first evidence that primates other than humans have that ability.

Craving dessert? Today’s episode considers some particularly sweet science: the importance of eggs for baking a cake.