Agrivoltaics (noun, “agg-reh-voll-TAY-iks”) Agrivoltaics is the practice of using the same land for farming and producing solar energy. This practice often consists of placing solar panels over farmland. The word…

Taking medicine can help us get better when we’re ill. But our bodies won’t absorb all of a drug. The leftovers leave in our urine. Water treatment plants were never…

Icebergs bigger than aircraft carriers crowd the area where Thwaites Glacier pours into the ocean. Those bergs calve from this and other glaciers that ooze off the edges of the…

At a summer barbecue, mosquitoes feast on some guests while luckier partiers stay bite-free. New research helps explains why: Some people just taste better. “It feels personal sometimes, like why…

Ghostly lights in South Carolina might trace to earthquake activity, new research suggests. Since the 1950s, people have reported strange balls of light floating down a road along old railroad…

Objective: Design and build your own rubber band paddleboat Areas of science: Mechanical engineering Difficulty: Medium beginner Time required: ≤ 1 day Prerequisites: None Material availability: Bathtub or kiddie pool…

In the second The Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers, an army of treelike creatures called Ents slowly marches to war. They walk for miles through thick, dark…

Neuroplasticity (noun, “NER-oh-plass-TIH-sih-tee”) Neuroplasticity describes the brain’s ability to change. Our brains change throughout our lives. Much of this change involves neurons building new connections, or synapses, or trimming back…

Smartphones are helping chart an erratic region of Earth’s atmosphere that can mess with navigation systems and other tech. That region is the ionosphere — a sea of charged particles…