Some science facts sound impossible, but they’re real. These examples show how strange reality can get once you look closer.

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising ...

When a bright fireball streaked across the Alaska sky last spring, the usual tools scientists rely on to track such ...

SpaceX’s public listing has intensified interest in aerospace proxies, with Rocket Lab emerging as a key beneficiary despite execution risks around Neutron. RKLB revenue grew 63.5% YoY to $200 million ...

Fundamental conditions of human biology, such as body temperature and calcium levels in cells, may influence how drugs interact with a target, sometimes even flipping the drug's effect entirely, ...

Rocket Lab is preparing for a suborbital hypersonic launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission, called "Curveball," will use the HASTE launch vehicle, a modified Electron ...

Nearly two decades ago, four graduate students from MIT united around a shared idea. "We believed that programming cells would ultimately be more important than programming computers," says Jason ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly ...

A teacher who wanted to shift from assessing compliance to assessing students’ thinking shares the tweaks she made in her assignments. Grading labs has always been a challenge in science. After a ...

USF officials say a lightning strike likely caused the fire that destroyed the marine science lab on the St. Petersburg campus. The building may be a total loss, with concerns growing over decades of ...

The aging Marine Science Lab could withstand hurricanes. But Saturday’s blaze was another story. Damage to the USF Marine Science Lab is seen Sunday. After the building went up in flames Saturday, ...