Finding planets around other stars used to be extremely difficult. In fact, scientists found the first black hole and countless distant galaxies before spotting any worlds beyond our solar system.…
Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. For real. These animals — the largest living lizards — have razor-sharp teeth. What’s more, a layer of iron lines the tips and saw-like edges…
Four thousand years ago, the world’s last woolly mammoth took its final breath. But the reason for that may not be what many scientists had long suspected. The last of…
Cosmic rays (noun, “KOZ-mick rayz”) Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that zoom through the cosmos. Most of these particles are protons. Others are proton-neutron clusters, or atomic nuclei. They race…
It’s Groundhog Day 2021 and we’ve got the list of predictions from across the country. There may even be some science to all this Marmota monax madness!
February 2021 is here and there are lots of opportunities to Do Some Science! From Groundhog Day to Darwin Day to The Great Backyard Bird Count, take a look…
January 2021 is here and there are lots of opportunities to Do Some Science! From National Science Fiction Day to Quadrantids Meteor Shower, take a look at what January 2021…
Every year, Brian Williams Science helps you find the perfect gift for the science enthusiast in your life. Today, we present the Disappearing Dinosaurs Mug!