The fog on your mirror after you shower can be prevented with a little dab of science. Find out how in just two minutes.
Our ancestors used to sleep differently. If you looked back you would see them sleep in two parts. The inventions of the light bulb and the clock changed this old way of sleeping.
The way to make pure silicon chips was discovered when a chemist accidentally dipped his fountain pen into a crucible of molten tin instead of his inkwell.
Deep in your watch is a small piece of quartz, which creates your clock's ticks and tocks.
In the late 19th century, there was a woman in London name Ruth Beliville who sold time.
Fireworks are a display of color and chemistry. Everyone loves fireworks, especially astronomers. Find out why.
Fireflies light up the summertime night, but the glowing molecules inside them are also used by scientists to make new drugs.
Lots of technologies on Star Trek have become a reality. But what is missing is the transporter. Lawrence Krauss, physicist and author, sheds some light on the possibilities.
Ketchup takes a long time to come out of the bottle. Fortunately, science has a few answers for how to help ketchup hurry up.
Honeybees are turning into zombie bees after a small fly injects a parasite into them. Scientists are asking everyone to report weird bees at zombeewatch.org.
Get ready to be introduced to nature's best master of disguise--the cuttlefish.
In the future, you will be able to download data from your shirt, which has electronics embedded in the fabric.
When lightning bolts zap iron minerals they make magnets called lodestones. NASA scientists coax bolts to strike rocks using a trick from Ben Franklin.
There are special cameras, called thermal cameras, that can detect heat. These cameras are the first defense against threats and diseases.
Twenty years ago, there were a billion monarch butterflies. Now, there are less than 10 percent of them left. Their disappearance is linked to a weed.
Scientists can now grow beef outside of the cow. In the not-so-distant future, you might get your burger from a beaker.
Imagine if we could talk to the animals. To do so, we will have to think about time differently.
Seeds that are buried deep in the soil need to figure out which way their roots and stem should go. Ends up they have special cells to tell them what's up.
Deep in your ink jet printer are millions of explosions, which cause bubbles that help you print.