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With a surprisingly light touch, the New York City-based photographer instills feelings of solitude in his images of massive glaciers
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The new technology can be packed into a tiny space, requires no glasses and can project images and video in full color
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New data indicate the spacecraft, launched in 1977, has neared interstellar space, more than 11 billion miles away from the Sun
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Contrary to prior speculation about the elusive creatures, all giant squid belong to a single species and they all share very similar genetics
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An inch and a half long with bright red eyes, the swarm of Brood II cicadas is coming
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One of behavioral psychology's most famous scientists was also one of the quirkiest
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Conference-goers put into verse the ethane lakes on a Saturn moon, the orbital paths of Martian moons and a megachondrule's mistaken identity
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A 100,000-year-old skull has a hole that reflects genetic mutations from inbreeding—likely a common behavior for our ancestors
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Their internal circadian rhythms keep them crowing on schedule, even when the lights are turned off
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The Mariana Trench may serve as a seafloor nutrient trap, supporting remarkable numbers of microorganisms
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Ribbon worms swallow prey whole, grease themselves with their mucus to slide quickly through mud, split into new worms if severed, and much more
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A research fellow at the University of Melbourne has found a sneaky way to convert math haters to math lovers. He turns complex geometries into art
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An app allows boat travelers to track declining levels of phytoplankton, a microscopic organism at the base of the marine food chain
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A study of fossils of prehistoric birds suggests two sets of wings—one set on the creature's hind legs—helped avians stay aloft
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As you celebrate today's holiday, here's a history of notable moments in the irrational number's past
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Insect keeper Dan Babbitt of the Natural History Museum explains what makes spiders so cool
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When an algorithm-driven light show took over the Bay Bridge last week, it was the latest example of how much technology is transforming how cities look.
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Measuring how coral fluorescence changes may serve as an early indicator of the declining health of a reef
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A look at the space shuttle toilet and "the deepest, darkest secret about space flight"
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An intriguing study involving puppet shows suggests that infants dislike those who are different from themselves
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