In Susannah Emery’s video game Life (Re)Sounding, players won’t be fighting off alien invasions or monsters. Instead, gamers must navigate everyday tasks from the perspective of someone who is neurodivergent.…

Polar bears are picky eaters. And that’s great news for other hungry Arctic critters. In one year, a polar bear can leave roughly 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of scraps behind…

Earth has entered a grim new climate reality. The planet has officially passed its first climate tipping point. That’s a point where the effects of many smaller changes cause a…

With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful martial arts moves, element…

If you eat meat, you may have enjoyed gobbling up turkey on Thanksgiving. If you’re a vegetarian, you might have gone for Tofurky. (That tofu-based dish has been made to…

Flamingos are feeding machines. They spend a large part of their day with their heads upside down in water, gobbling up brine shrimp and other small prey. A new study…

Exponent (noun, “EX-poh-nent”) An exponent is a number that tells you how many times to multiply a number by itself. In math, an exponent appears as a superscript after another…

Some vipers are the sprinters of snakes. Researchers compared 36 venomous snakes from three families. Vipers wielded the fastest attacks. Some members of one of the other families could give…

The distant moon Pandora from the Avatar movies is a richly immersive alien world. Dragon-like creatures prowl the skies. Supersmart whalelike beasts write poetry under the sea. Jungle plants glow…