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.