Watch a science experiment showing how balloons can float using methane and hydrogen instead of helium. See how hydrogen is ...

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Other teams are investigating how surface area and velocity during impact might govern charge transfer, and how the breaking ...

This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly ...

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

Cleaner wrasse have revealed a remarkable new side of fish intelligence. Marked with fake parasites, they used mirrors to inspect and remove the spots—far faster than seen in earlier tests. Even more ...

The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the field lately, with the James Webb Space Telescope taking a look at as many as it can manage. But time on the world's most powerful space ...

You’ll sometimes hear scientists say that the most exciting thing in science is a discrepancy between a theory’s prediction and an experiment’s actual outcome, because it means you’ve discovered ...

NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

In a playtime experiment, researchers found that our closest living relatives have the capacity for make-believe, too. By Alexa Robles-Gil Having an imaginary friend, playing house or daydreaming ...