Visit your local natural history museum gift shop and you’ll probably find a container of dinosaur toys for sale. Dump out its contents, though, and you’ll likely find some imposters,…

Across the river from Washington, D.C., sits Potomac Overlook Regional Park. Hiking paths wind through acres of forest and cultivated land. Peer into the thick woods and you may glimpse…

Paleontologists have unearthed many iconic dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops, from the western United States. Relatively few species, however, have popped up east of the Great Plains. In…

The Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley, is largely a murder mystery. But when Ava Cummings, 18, read the book, she was most intrigued by the main character’s interest in ethnobotany.…

Bumblebees are quite charming little critters. In the spring and summer, these round, fuzzy insects can be seen buzzing from flower to flower. While collecting nectar and pollen to eat,…

Nucleosynthesis (noun, “NOO-kuh-lee-oh-SIN-this-is”) Nucleosynthesis is a process by which new atomic nuclei are made. This process created all the elements that make up our universe. Synthesis is a fancy word…

Artificial intelligence could take the bite out of some snake venoms. Using AI, scientists have designed proteins that say not so fassst to toxins wielded by cobras and some other…

Someday, doctors might be able to see inside patients without using fancy imaging machines or cutting through the skin. A new solution temporarily turns skin transparent. The secret ingredient is…