Every beat of your heart pushes blood through thousands of kilometers (miles) of vessels in your body. Each of those pulses puts pressure on the vessel walls. And sometimes it’s…
For the first time, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole. This rogue is wandering around the Milky Way — our galaxy — with no companion star.…
They say April showers bring May flowers. But here’s another upside to rain any time of year: It could power some of your lights with clean, green energy. Hydropower typically…
Prototype (noun, “PROH-toh-typ”) A prototype is a test version of an invention or product. It could be a physical item. But it could also be something digital, such as an…
Abstract Anxiety, depression, and stress are becoming more common. Psychologists want to understand why. We were curious to find out how feeling like you belong to a group improves mental…
The buzz of an approaching bee or wasp spurs many people to flee. Some plants respond to “hearing” insects, too. One common garden bloom can tell the difference between the…
Summertime soaks in the pool often leave fingertips shriveled and pruney. Each time someone goes for a dip, their digits wrinkle in the precise same patterns, data now show. Those…
On some Martian nights, a subtle, green glow hangs low in the sky. It glimmers just above the horizon in every direction. Now, for the first time, a Mars rover…