A Moment of Science

What Is Wax, Anyway?

A Cottonwood, a Beaver, and a Beetle

The Heat Death of the Universe

Batesian Mimicry in Snakes

Batesian Mimicry

When Pigs Fly: Hope for Heart Patients in Designed Swine

How Do You Get Those Big Muscles

Apple Pie Science

In Nature Sometimes Size Matters

The Other Obesity Epidemic

Salmon That Move Mountains

Redefining the Kilogram

The Light of Spring

How to Find a "Super Tree"

Zero Gravity, Does It Exist?

An Arsenic Green Wallpaper to Dye For

Cannibal Caterpillars

Soap Bubbles and Butterfly Wings

Light functions as waves of varying lengths, where specific distances between wave crests translate into the visual perception of different colors. This physical property is observable through a simple experiment using a vertical soap bubble film. As gravity causes the film's thickness to shift, bands of color appear b...

World's Largest Colony of Fish Nests

Big Mouth, Big Bite