Columbus, Ohio — Viruses can be scary, and COVID-19 reminded us why. “We can prevent viral diseases quite well by vaccination,” says Adam Kovalčík, 19. But once someone is infected,…

Keeping the International Space Station clean is a high priority for NASA. Air filters, weekly wipe-downs and vacuuming are a must. Still, astronauts there often develop health problems. These include…

Columbus, Ohio — Is this text AI-generated? That question crops up a lot these days. Computer software to flag AI-generated text exists. But most programs share one crucial weakness, says…

Have you ever imagined a video game you’d love to make? If you have an idea for a story or a picture, you can easily grab a pencil and start…

In the beginning, Earth was a hot and lonely planet. It also lacked water. Then, after hundreds of millions of years, the planet cooled, oceans formed — and life emerged.…

A beach day on early Mars would not have been a pleasant getaway. A new look at the Red Planet has turned up a possible ancient coastline in its northern…

We may not often see it, but all plants are on the move. Plants move in slow motion as they grow. Their roots sense gravity to stretch down into soil.…

Scaly sailors appear to have made a record-setting ocean voyage. Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America crossed the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to plants washed out the…

Lepton (noun, “LEP-tawn”) A lepton is a type of elementary particle. An elementary particle is one that scientists believe is not made of anything smaller. Besides leptons, these include quarks…