Takanori Takebe is on a mission to find out if people can breathe through their butts. This is not the physician and scientist’s usual line of research. He spends most…

The thunderous roar of the MGM lion has opened Hollywood films for nearly a century. That iconic sound has conditioned us to hear the big cat’s call in a specific…

Sarah Cookler remembers the first time she saw a racecourse covered with just artificial snow. “It was in the Pyrenees mountains in France,” she recalls. “The snow run had grass…

Objective: Investigate how the tilt of Earth’s axis determines the cycle of seasons Areas of science: Environmental science Difficulty: Easy advanced Time required: 2–5 days Prerequisites: None Material availability: You…

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A mosquito bite is really more of a poke. These insects use a long, needle-like mouthpart known as a proboscis (Prə-BOSS-sis) to pierce the skin. But this tiny straw could…

Hallucination (noun, “huh-loo-sin-AY-shun”) The word “hallucination” can mean different things depending on the context. In psychology, a hallucination is when someone senses something that is not there. In computer science,…

For years, people in one Chicago neighborhood walked past an unusual sight: a hole in the sidewalk that looked as if a rat had belly-flopped into wet concrete. Dubbed “Splatatouille”…