In haunted houses across the country this month, threatening figures will jump out of the shadows, prompting ...

Applied physicist Iker Zuriguel studies the movement of particles and people to optimize their flow and improve public safety.

For centuries, stories about will-o’-the-wisps have captured the popular imagination. Countless tales have been told to ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - People have long believed that cognitive skills begin to slowly decline after your thirties, but a new study found that our brains could still be improving for years beyond what ...

The research was conducted across North America with the help of some 1,500 citizen scientists who observed bird behaviors ...

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have shown that players of the online citizen science game Foldit can successfully refine and improve ...

Rachel Feltman: Hey, it’s Rachel, and I am here in a bunny suit at MIT.nano with Professor Vladimir Bulović, who is going to show us around. Vladimir Bulović: Well, it’s a pleasure to ...

Flashes of microlightning between microscopic bubbles of methane in water may ignite the eerie blue flames of will-o’-the wisps, new research suggests.

Societal challenges, from climate change to public health crises to advancements in AI, have been intrinsically linked with scientific progress for generations. But as politics become more polarized, ...

A science museum in Georgia is studying a piece of a meteor that blazed over the Southeast last week and was later recovered by a local meteorite hunter. The 3-foot meteor splintered in the air in ...