A Moment of Science

In 2020 amateur fossil hunter Justin Reynolds and his eleven year old daughter Ruby were walking along a beach near their home in Somerset, England when Ruby spotted something interesting.

Learn about confirmation bias with a simple experiment

Octopuses have three hearts, each one crucial to maintaining the robust blood pressure that allows them to be active hunters and powerful swimmers.

Spiders have eight eyes, horseshoe crabs have ten, and, daddy longlegs only have two. Or do they?

Microwave ovens are wonderful, revolutionary cooking devices. But there are some things that you cannot, or should not, do with microwaves.

Egg whites are often touted as a health food, filled with more proteins than fat-rich yolks. Surprisingly, though, those proteins are also the secret to some of the most decadent creations like pillowy meringues, airy soufflés, and all manner of delicate cakes.

Hollywood's version of the snake in the movie "Anaconda" was pure fantasy--a 100 foot long giant with an appetite for B-movie actors

Does doing math make you anxious? A Moment of Science has more on why that might be.

There are stories and myths about dragons from everywhere--from Europe to China to Australia to the Americas. Couldn't there be some reality behind the myth?

If you want to get strong, you're supposed to eat spinach like Popeye. But how powerful is that leafy green really?

We know from ancient skeletal remains that around one million years ago, hyenas of the Chasmaporthetes genus prowled the US and Mexico. But they also stalked the tundra—a fact we’ve learned from just two fossilized molars.

Let's say that ninety percent of the people who take a certain drug report that it works like a charm, but you know one person who says it didn't work. Would you try that drug?

When traveling by plane what makes our ears pop, and what is it exactly that pops?

A team of scientists have created the Purple Tomato, featuring skin of deep amethyst, like a plum, and insides a vivid violet. But why would they want to?

In an ideal universe you could scarf carton-loads of super vanilla swirl ice cream every night after dinner without remorse. In the real world, however, there's a price to pay for such indulgence, and ice cream seems to be the worst offender in terms of calories.

What was your favorite field trip as a kid? The zoo? The modern art museum? For a group of New Zealand students, it’d be hard to beat one memorable excursion: their 2006 visit to a beach in Kawhia Harbor.

In shallow water off the Greek Island Zakynthos, you can see what appears to be the remains of an ancient city. But is it really?

Mammals, birds, and reptiles are so different from one another. How could they all evolve from a common ancestor?

Have you ever wondered whether your dog understands at least some of what you say to them? Scientists have too.

You find a perfect, yellow banana in the store, but the next day at home it has brown spots. What happened?