In no particular order, Bob McDonald reviews 10 of the most fascinating accomplishments and noteworthy science news events of ...

Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

The discovery of the once-elusive Higgs boson particle after a decades-long hunt is widely regarded as a major breakthrough, but legendary physicist Stephen Hawking thinks the field would actually be ...

In a recent interview with award-winning podcaster David Burkus, she gave some keen scientific insights behind what makes people better at connecting with others in new social situations. More on that ...

“People started caring,” he says, noting that he remembers his own family talking about it (and not always harmoniously) at the time. Revisiting the dramatic predictions made in the film proved an ...

A new study suggests that when it comes to judging scientists, we are more likely to find an attractive scientist interesting, but more likely to consider their less attractive colleagues to be better ...

Since arriving at Mars eight months ago, the Emirates Mars Mission has quietly begun to deliver some intriguing scientific data about the Martian atmosphere and its weather patterns. Named "Hope," the ...

Kids stuck at home due to coronavirus have another opportunity for quality online learning. Earth School, a collaboration between TED-Ed (TED’s youth and education initiative) and the United Nations’ ...

It seems like every week, I can do an article on some interesting science that ended up buried under hyperbolic headlines and overly credible coverage. This week’s victim is “living concrete.” It only ...

Maze Therapeutics, a kidney disease therapy developer, recently IPO-ed with a market cap of $487mn and significant early-stage investor backing. Lead asset MZE829 targets APOL1 Kidney Disease, showing ...