How A Vinyl Record Actually Makes Music, According To Science
Vinyl records are in the middle of a major comeback, but despite their resurging popularity, most people have no idea how they store music.
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AC Vs. Dehumidifier: Which Is Better At Reducing Humidity?
Most people know that air conditioners dehumidify the air while they make it colder, but are they able to outclass dehumidifiers at their own game?
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Scientists Believe This Is The Oldest Living Ocean Species (And It's Not What You Think)
Animals like dinosaurs might come to mind when it comes to ancient species, but scientists found that this surprising species is even older than they thought.
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The Difference Between Blue And Brown Eyes Is Easily Explained By Science
Blue, brown, green, or something in between, the science behind the color of your eyes comes down to pigment and your genes, with a few complications.
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How Scientists Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
If you want to make gasoline, you're going to have to take oil out of the earth, which is very dirty, so why not make your gas out of thin air?
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Mystery Or Myth: Are Myers-Briggs Personality Types Backed By Science?
Self-administered personality tests suffer from certain biases, as people can lie or trust too deeply in their results. But is the MBTI test any different?
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Scientists May Have Solved The Mystery Behind Why 90% Of People Are Right-Handed
Unlike most other animals, humans often favor one hand over the other, but scientists have never known why. Now, however, they might have found a reason.
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Scientists Didn't Expect To Find This Puzzling Earth Mineral In A Martian Meteorite
When it comes to the geology of Mars, scientists think they understand what's going on, that's why the presence of this mineral was such a surprise.
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The Difference Between Apple Varieties Is Easily Explained By Science
One of the best things about apples is the seemingly endless varieties they come in, and the difference between cultivars is pretty easy to explain.
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The Most Contagious Disease In The World Isn't COVID Or The Flu
With ongoing spread of COVID and the flue, you might be tempted to think either of them are the most contagious disease, but they aren't number one.
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Scientists Say They Finally Solved The Mystery Of The North Sea's Most Controversial Crater
Back in the 2000s, a crater was discovered at the bottom of the North Sea off the coast of England, and scientists finally know how it formed.
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The Rare Science Occupation That's Even Riskier Than You Thought
This scientific career sounds like it would be a fun spectacle, but in reality, it comes with many hidden dangers, even aside from the more obvious ones.
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The Difference Between Firework Colors Is Easily Explained By Science
Fireworks represent a mix of science and art, and their colors and striking effects are the result of applied chemistry and some clever engineering.
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The Blood Type That May Have Led To The Neanderthals' Demise
The exact reason that Neanderthals disappeared isn't fully known, but they might have gone out not with a bang, but with some specific features of their blood.
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Long-Term Side Effects Of Aspirin Use That Aren't Widely Discussed
Among all the over-the-counter medicines out there, few are better known than aspirin, but taking this medicine too often can come at a cost.
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Why Death By A Poison Dart Frog Is One Of The Worst Ways To Die
The South American rainforests are full of beautiful and deadly animals, among which are the poison dart frogs which more than live up to their name.
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Scientists Found A 23 Million-Year-Old Species In Canada In The '80s – Now It's Rewriting History
Deep in the Canadian wilds, far above the Arctic Circle, a scientist found fossilized bones that shouldn't be there and changed our understanding.
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Quicksand Isn't As Dangerous As You Think - But Scientists Discovered A Version That Is
TV and movies have made us think that quicksand is a deadly mixture of sand and water that will swallow you whole. That's not true — at least most of the time.
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This Prehistoric Apex Predator Known As The 'T. Rex Of The Ocean' Was Pure Nightmare Fuel
The T. rex is usually thought of as a land-based monster, but the term can actually refer to an equally dangerous beast that stalked the oceans.
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This Dark Energy Mapping Technology Is More Impressive Than Scientists Expected
This dark energy project was meant to map just a portion of the skies over a five-year period, but it performed even better and faster than expected.
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The Organs You Can Donate While You're Still Alive
Organ donations save thousands of lives every year, but you don't have to be dead to donate, some organs you can give while you're still alive.
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The Difference Between White And Brown Rice Is Easily Explained By Science
When it comes to varieties of rice, most people tend to think of just white and brown, but what are the differences between these rice varieties?
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One Of The Ocean's Deadliest Apex Predators Lurks And Hunts In The Shallows
If you go to the beach you may comfort yourself with the thought that nothing dangerous is in the shallow waters, but you may need to reassess that.
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Scientists Believe The World's Oldest River Predates Dinosaurs By 170 Million Years
Figuring out which of the world's thousands of rivers is the oldest is no simple task, but the top contender is about as old as fish or plants.
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Science Fiction Vs. Science Fact: Alien Life Might Be Just As Strange As Project Hail Mary Makes It Out To Be
"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens could be even stranger than that.
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These Antarctic Animals Are Considered Endangered As Of 2026 – Here's When They Could Go Extinct
With climate change melting ice and altering Earth's oceans, these Antarctic species are losing their ways of life, and very soon, they might be gone forever.
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The Rare 'Glass Bone' Disease That's Easily Explained By Science
Glass bone disease is more than just a plot device in a movie, it's a real but very rare disorder that affects tens of thousands of Americans.
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