Schrödinger's Cat, for those unfamiliar, is a famous thought experiment in physics relating to the concept of quantum superposition and the impact of observation on experimentation. The idea is simple ...

But perhaps the most famous ... detector has two 2.5-mile-long (4 km) arms containing two identical laser beams. When a gravitational wave laps at our cosmic shores, the laser in one arm is compressed ...

Scientists in Australia may soon learn exactly ... may also reveal the 17 feet and 11.75 inch (5.5 meters) croc's exact age, something that even his keepers — who made up his birthday ...

In the pursuit of endless clean energy from nuclear fusion, Japan and Europe have just set a joint record for the largest amount of plasma contained in one apparatus, Interesting Engineering reports.

Mystery blobs washing up on Newfoundland shores likely man-made, says scientist A rare pygmy sperm whale washes up on Newfoundland's shore and leaves its inky mark At this point he said he wouldn ...

Project scientists compiled data on how long it takes for the brain to reach a range of developmental milestones in a variety of mammals and used these data to graph the relative development of ...

He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet ...

Zealandia': Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years 'Colony of organisms': Alien life may survive without a planet, new study suggests Microbial activity? NASA’s ...

On what would've been the astronomer's 90th trip around the sun, here's a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and ...

But other shifts are happening in the region too. Dozens of scientists from over 10 countries continue to deepen our understanding about climate change when it’s needed more than ever—and many ...