Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades. More fires are burning at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other buildings meet the natural ...

Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the rubber and the court.

Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays, when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey demonstrates and explains the science behind it. If you’d like Sarah to come to your school and conduct a science experiment ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the ...

E pluribus unum—"out of many, one"—is not only a motto for the United States; it's a good credo for microrobots. A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent ...

Simple science activities can transform an ordinary space into an exciting showcase. The creator filmed a DIY dry ice experiment in her home in Russia. She applies a soapy line along the edge of a ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome.