Surprising Science

A new study of Los Angeles finds that as car emissions are being reduced household chemicals are taking their place as the main cause of air pollution.

Moderate drinking is associated with a longer lifespan in just about every population ever studied, says Dr. Claudia Kawas, professor of neurology at the University of California, Irvine.

Terraforming Mars. Beaming your consciousness to Alpha Centauri. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Dr. Kaku feels fine.

The new approach to opiate addiction and overdose has been in development for 25 years.

DNA analysis reveals the Taino people who welcomed Columbus to the New World were not eradicated after all.

Nanoscale mesh e-skin can turn your skin into a wearable display.

These chemicals are also widely used in products like clothing, shoes, wrappers and furniture, to make them more stain-resistant, waterproof and/or nonstick.

Hitler and other Nazis were fond of a strange theory that the world was made of ice.

Have you ever stopped to think about how we keep time? Ever wonder why Easter changes dates every year? Well, let us tell you a little story about the Gregorian Calendar.

A new form of light has been discovered.

Inventor Nikola Tesla’s work at Niagara Falls may be his most direct and lasting contribution to our lives.

A new quiz by the University of California reveals just how much carbon your diet is creating.

Figure skating has a lot to do with physics, and here’s what we mean. Also, what’s the difference between all those figure-skating jumps?

And that’s the good news, because the percentage found in your tap water is much higher.

Elon Musk and SpaceX plan an “internet in space” consisting of 11,295 satellites that are about to begin launching.

Could famous sinkings and disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle have been prevented by advanced contemporary technology?

It would be disappointing and surprising if Earth were the only template for habitability in the Universe. 

Money can’t buy you love? Well, it does buy happiness… up to a certain salary cap

Are déjà vu and the Mandela Effect related? A theory by physicist Michio Kaku may help explain.

While more controlled psychostimulants like amphetamines and cocaine facilitate a rush of blood to the whole brain, caffeine actually restricts blood flow overall. 

A new study of over 700 human brains has shown a genetic “signature” for common psychiatric disorders. 

Onboard Elon Musks’s Tesla Roadster were hidden the first books of of a library in space.

Brrrrrrr.

Ever think you’d see a single atom without staring down the barrel of a powerful microscope?

Enter an ancient version of Earth, where Santa Claus lives in South Korea, Cuba is land-locked, and Antarctica and India share the same climate.

A company specializing in A.I. medicine will tell you how long you’re likely to live.

CERN’s LHC has just found evidence of the odder on quasiparticle after a 44-year search.

The Bermuda Triangle, one of the most mysterious places on Earth, doesn’t have an official map and the U.S. Coast Guard is why.

Cheddar Man is now complete. 

A new study finds that the more two people think alike, the more their brains operate the same way.