The element carbon is found all over our planet. Carbon helps make up carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere (it’s the C in CO2). It’s found underground in rocks and…

A strange type of ice has just been observed. It forms at high temperatures and pressures. It possesses traits of both solid ice and liquid water. And researchers have now…

Julianna Hayes is a 10-year-old who lives in New Hampshire. She has a black belt in karate, loves the ice cream flavor “tornado” and wants to be a teacher. She…

Lift (noun, “LIFT”) In physics, lift is a force that enables birds and planes to fly. It acts perpendicular to the flow of air around an object. Consider an airplane…

At about 5 years old, A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega went to her dad with a question: How do human hearts work? He was the right person to ask. Her dad worked…

Sex isn’t as simple as male or female. It’s not just about chromosomes. Or genitals. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. (Binary refers to something that can only…

Our brains are increasingly plastic, a new study finds. Researchers have just pored over samples of brain tissue collected over 25 years. Surprisingly high levels of tiny plastic shards litter…

Many teens struggle with their mental health. In fact, more U.S. adolescents are reporting mental illness than ever. But transgender youth face an especially high risk of anxiety and depression.…

Narwhals wield their iconic tusks in surprising ways — possibly even to play with living “toys.” Few scientists have seen these so-called unicorns of the sea brandishing their tusks in…