Our brains are very flexible. Some people use their brains to create art. Others use them to solve math problems. Some do both — plus a host of other actions.…

In 2015, U.S. Navy pilots were flying training missions off the U.S. East Coast when they spied something highly unusual. An oval-shaped object appeared to skim across the top of…

Eek! A horrible death could explain the horrified look on one Egyptian mummy’s face. Her remains were unearthed in the 1930s in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. They’d been…

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenzied light show. But these bright flashes cannot be seen with the eye. They give off a type of invisible, high-energy…

Dialect (noun, “DY-uh-lekt”) Dialects are varieties of the same language. A dialect might be used by people of a certain region, ethnicity or other social group. Dialects are shaped over…

As the full moon rises, a mythical werewolf howls and heads out on the hunt. But is this the best time for werewolves to find a meal? In some stories,…

Mealworms for lunch? Ewww! For many of us, that would be our first reaction to finding these beetle larvae on today’s menu. But if we’re not so quick to “ick,”…

Think about a time when you were happy. What comes to mind? Was it a family game or movie night? Maybe you were hanging out with friends volunteering in your…