Note: Slight spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker has disturbing symptoms caused by DNA from the spider bite that gave him superpowers.…

Each year, about this time, the Karolinska Institute and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences — both in Stockholm, Sweden — announce three world-changing achievements. People who pioneered the work in…

Theropod (noun, “THER-oh-pod”) Theropods are a group of dinosaurs. Their name means “beast-footed.” The group includes many extinct species, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. It also includes modern birds.…

If you have a dog, you likely know how good these animals are at reading subtle cues. Jangle a key or dangle a leash and many pooches know it’s time…

Lead-melting temperatures on the surface of Venus should make life as we know it impossible there. But scientists have detected some curious chemicals in clouds above the planet’s surface. At…

The stratosphere is both beautiful and deadly — a boundary between Earth and space, between life and death. Hover within it, some 30 kilometers (almost 20 miles) above the ground,…

One day in June 2023, the many unblinking, electronic eyes of the LUX-ZEPLIN detector — LZ for short — may have glimpsed something remarkable. They may have made the first…

Objective: Investigate color perception by observing afterimages, which are the images left on your retina after you stare at an object and then look away. Areas of Science: Human Biology &…

People have used origami for centuries to transform flat pieces of paper into 2-D and 3-D shapes. In minutes, a beginner can use this Japanese art of paper folding to…

Pyrolysis (noun, “Py-RAW-leh-sis”) Pyrolysis is a process though which heat breaks down large molecules into smaller ones. It is just one of the chemical reactions that occurs when something is…