A Moment of Science

Vaccine skeptics might see vaccines the way they do because they tend to overestimate the likelihood of rare negative events.

How do scientists figure out even basic facts such as whether an animal walked on land or swam in the sea?

Researchers classify an animal behavior as play when it doesn’t involve an external reward, such as food, seems to serve no purpose, occurs repeatedly, and happens when the animal is relaxed and...

Scientists find clues to how the earth's climate is changing by looking to the past.

Demand for rare earth elements is soaring, and it will continue to grow in the future.

When the bismuth combines with the trace amounts of sulfur in your saliva and in your gastrointestinal tract, it reacts to form a black substance called bismuth sulfide.

King Tutankhamen of Egypt has fascinated people ever since archeologist Howard Carter discovered his splendid tomb in 1922.

Bitterness, like sweetness or saltiness, is one of the major taste sensations. And while it makes our food flavorful, detecting bitterness can sometimes be a warning that we’re eating something toxic.

What's your earliest memory?

It takes much less time for the sun to light up the sky at dawn than it does for all the light to disappear after the sun sets at dusk.

If you drink a glass of ice water on a hot day, what temperature is the ice?

There are some biological differences between the sexes, but do they extend to the brain?

Where does color come from?

In 2019 a team of Israeli scientists published evidence that the evening primrose plant can detect the specific sound vibration frequencies of the buzz of an insect’s wings.

Every student who has ever taken a course in neuroscience or psychology has heard of Patient HM.

We share a lot of genetic material in common with our chimpanzee relatives, and maybe some personal characteristics too.

One frosty morning you awake to a blanket of fresh snow. Adventure awaits! Do you go skiing? Skating? Building snowmen? Or you could do some physics!

French scientists tested dogs to see if they could recognize the faces of other dogs on a computer screen.

While not an ordinary part of the cuisine of the United States, insects are a common food source for millions of people around the world. It might be time Americans reconsidered their lack of...

In evolutionary theory, an inherited trait is favored by natural selection when it helps an individual to produce more offspring than its competitors.