Explore 25 science experiments that defied the laws of physics, revealing mind-bending phenomena that challenge intuition.

Learn how to build a simple solar cell at home using copper tape, plastic cups, and water. This step-by-step science experiment demonstrates how to harness solar energy to generate electricity.

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviours.

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Josef Gatti tells us little that we don’t already know in “Phenomena,” and that’s pretty much the point. In his first feature ...

Antibiotics are accumulating in a major Brazilian river, especially during the dry season when pollution becomes more concentrated. Scientists even detected a banned drug inside fish sold for food, ...

A team of physicists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria has now identified what breaks that symmetry: a thin, ...

Paul Ehrlich’s early writings emphasized the perils of natural resource depletion and impending strife. He wrote in the late 1960s: “That we are presently living beyond our means is obvious from the ...

Geneticist Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research. Aging is a process that affects us all. But how ...

A Rhode Island start-up is working to recycle spent nuclear fuel into long-lasting power systems for the military ...

This also means that there could be hidden curvatures of space-time or gravitational fields, which could explain a fundamental issue in physics: the hierarchy problem. There are several ongoing ...

Seeking a sixth term, the Maine senator’s passivity in the face of executive branch power grabs undermines her greatest ...